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Kanji Detail for 興 - "interest, to rise"

興

  • Meaning

    興 means "interest, to rise." Also associated with to prosper.

    1. Prosper - To flourish; to thrive.

    2. Rise - To come into being; to start.

    3. Interest - Enjoyment; enthusiasm.

    4. Joy - Delight and pleasure; happiness.

  • Words using 興

    • 復興 ふっこう Listen revival; reconstruction; restoration
    • 振興 しんこう Listen promotion; encouragement
    • 興味 きょうみ Listen interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
    • 新興 しんこう Listen rising; developing; emergent
    • 興行 こうぎょう Listen show; performance; act
    • 興業 こうぎょう Listen promotion of industry; inauguration of a new industrial enterprise
    • 即興 そっきょう Listen improvisation; improvised; impromptu
    • 興味津々 きょうみしんしん Listen very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in)

  • Four-character idioms with 興

    • 文芸復興 ぶんげいふっこう Listen Renaissance
    • 治乱興亡 ちらんこうぼう Listen nation's times of peace and war, rise and fall
    • 盛衰興亡 せいすいこうぼう Listen rise and fall; ups and downs; waxing and waning
    • 興味本位 きょうみほんい Listen (just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing
    • 興味索然 きょうみさくぜん Listen uninteresting; tending to spoil the fun (of); throwing a wet blanket (on)

  • Tattoo check: 興

    • Verified meaning: interest, to rise
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あきら, おき, きょうあ, こう)
    • Also carries these associations: to prosper

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 興

    Given names 興(あきら)Listen 興(こう)Listen 興(しょうこう)Listen 興(すぐる)Listen 興(たかし)Listen 興(はじめ)Listen

    Surnames 興(おき)Listen 興(きょうあ)Listen 興(こうあ)Listen 興(こうじ)Listen 興(こお)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    entertain; revive; retrieve; interest; pleasure

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    thrive, prosper, flourish

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Xing

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to thrive, to prosper, to flourish

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    To rise. Such as saying 夙興夜寐 (rising early and sleeping late). | Prosperous. The meaning of revival. Such as 中興 (restoration), 興旺 (flourishing). | To initiate. Such as saying 大興土木 (undertaking major construction). | To create. Such as saying 謠諑繁興 (rumors abound). | Emotion stirred by things is called 興 (inspiration). One of the six principles of poetry. Meaning first speaking of other things to introduce the matter being sung about. | Pleasure. When thoughts are stirred, pleasure becomes 興. Such as saying 興致 (interest), 興會 (inspiration), 高興 (happy), 餘興 (remaining interest). All are this.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    koh(コウ) コウ

    kyoh(キョウ) キョウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    oko.ru(お-こる) お-こる

    oko.su(お-こす) お-こす

  • Strokes

    tip

    16 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    臼 (usu)

  • Related Keywords

    to prosper to rise interest delight joy excitement enthusiasm ardor bloom boom climb eagerness elevate fervor flourish grow increase liveliness passion progress thrive

Sentences including 興

  • She was very excited.

  • I am interested in japanese history.

  • Getting excited is not at all the same as getting angry.

  • What an interesting novel this is !

  • Politics didn't interest him.

  • I am busy , and i'm not interested in that , either.

  • I put on an air of interest.

  • She's only interested in fish and cockroaches.

  • I am not as interested in literature as you.

  • I'm not in the least interested in such things.

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