興

entertain, revive, retrieve, interest, pleasure

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

キョウコウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

おこ.すおこ.る

Nanori (名乗り)

おきおこっとも

Stroke Order

16 / 16

Information

Grade:5

Strokes:16

JLPT:N1

Frequency:734

Vocabulary

キョウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
興味	キョウミ	interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
感興	カンキョウ	interest; fun; inspiration
遊興	ユウキョウ	merrymaking (esp. wine and women); pleasures
余興	ヨキョウ	performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
興味津津	キョウミシンシン	very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)

コウ

Word	Reading	Meaning
興業	コウギョウ	promotion of industry; inauguration of a new industrial enterprise
興行	コウギョウ	show; performance; act; entertainment industry; show business
興奮	コウフン	excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
振興	シンコウ	promotion; encouragement
新興	シンコウ	rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
興す	おこす	to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to revive; to promote; to make prosperous; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up; to launch; to commence
興奮	コーフン	excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
神興	みこし	mikoshi; portable Shinto shrine carried through the streets during festivals; palanquin; litter; lower back; waist; hips
即興	そっきょう	improvisation; improvised; impromptu; extempore; ad-lib; off-the-cuff
復興	ふっこう	revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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awe, respect, honor, revere

sigh, lament, moan, grieve, sigh of admiration

look to, face, meet, confront, attend, call on

mistake, err, do wrong, mislead