| Kanji | 興 |
|---|---|
| Onyomi | コウ、キョウ |
| Kunyomi | おこ.る、おこ.す |
| Nanori | おき, おこっ, とも |
| English | entertain, revive, retrieve, interest, pleasure |
| Examples | 興味(きょうみ): interest (in something) 振興(しんこう): promotion; encouragement 新興(しんこう): rising; developing; emergent 興奮(こうふん): excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal 復興(ふっこう): revival; renaissance; reconstruction 興業(こうぎょう): industrial enterprise 興じる(きょうじる): to amuse oneself; to make merry 余興(よきょう): side show; entertainment |
| JLPT Level | 1 |
| Jouyou Grade | 5 |
| Frequency | 734 |
| Components | 臼: mortar 同: same; agree; equal 八: eight; eight radical (no. 12) |
| Number of Strokes | 16 |
| Kanji Radical | 臼 |
| Radical Number | 134 |
| Radical Strokes | 6 |
| Radical Reading | うす |
| Traditional Form | (none) |
| Classification | 会意 Compound Ideographic |
| Keyword | entertain |
| Koohii Story 1 | To me, this looks like a pictograph of a road leading to the big city (see the buildings?) where there are plenty of places to be entertained. Unfortunately in this city, every store is the same: staples. What tools! [ayoung24]. |
| Koohii Story 2 | Photographically, this kanji simply looks like a set of two speakers (the staples primitives) between the sub-woofer (primitive for same) -- all this as a tool to entertain a group of drunks at a club. |
Tags: jlpt.n1, grade5, kanjifreq501-750
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