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興 — 16 strokes / Radical「臼」

道
6Elementary year 5 / 16 strokes / Radical「臼」
On
コウ・キョウこう・きょう · kō · kyō
Kun
おこ(る)・おこ(す)oko(ru) · oko(su)
Meaning
to rise; revive; interest

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

Hands lifting a mortar together; raising something by joint effort — hence "to rise, revive."

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onコウこうkō興行こうぎょう復興ふっこう振興しんこう
Onキョウきょうkyō興味きょうみ興趣きょうしゅ余興よきょう
Kunおこるokoru興るおこる

Compare: 起こる

Kunおこすokosu興すおこす

Compare: 起こす

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 興味きょうみ

    interest

  • 復興ふっこう

    reconstruction; revival

More words with this kanji

  • 興奮こうふん
  • 興津おきつ
  • 勃興ぼっこう

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

ぼくは星(ほし)に興味(きょうみ)がある。

I am interested in the stars.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

興味復興興味taste復to ret…臼mortar臾a shor…舂to pou…舅a fath…効effect厚thick格status耕to plo…航to sai…
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)