興 — kanji meaning “entertain”
興
entertain, revive, retrieve, interest, pleasure
- Meanings
- entertain, revive, retrieve, interest, pleasure
- On'yomi
- コウ (kou)、キョウ (kyou)
- Kun'yomi
- おこ.る、おこ.す
- Name readings
- おき、おこっ、とも
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- 5
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #734 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 134
- Chinese reading
- xīng, xìng — Chinese character page
Words with 興
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 興味 | きょうみ kyoumi | interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for) |
| 興奮 | こうふん koufun | excitement; stimulation; agitation |
| 振興 | しんこう shinkou | promotion; encouragement |
| 新興 | しんこう shinkou | rising; developing; emergent |
| 復興 | ふっこう fukkou | revival; reconstruction; restoration |
| 興味深い | きょうみぶかい kyoumibukai | very interesting; of great interest |
| 興行 | こうぎょう kougyou | show; performance; act |
| 興味津々 | きょうみしんしん kyoumishinshin | very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in) |
| 即興 | そっきょう sokkyou | improvisation |
| 興業 | こうぎょう kougyou | promotion of industry; inauguration of a new industrial enterprise |
| 再興 | さいこう saikou | revival; restoration; resuscitation |
| 興信所 | こうしんじょ koushinjo | detective agency; enquiry agency |
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