Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5
JLPT level: N1
734 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 16
Meaning: entertain, revive, retrieve, interest, pleasure
Kunyomi: おこ.る おこ.す
Onyomi: コウ キョウ
Composition: 八
Radical: 臼
Reading: うす
Meaning: mortar
Strokes: 6
興奮する(こうふんする) be excited [v.i.]
興隆する(こうりゅうする) prosper
復興する(ふっこうする) revive [vi., vt.]
興亡(こうぼう) rise and fall
興(きょう) interest, entertainment
興味(きょうみ) interest (in something)
余興(よきょう) side show
即興(そっきょう) improvisation
興る(おこる) rise, flourish [v.i.]
興す(おこす) revive [v.t.]
興行 (コウギョウ) show, performance, act, entertainment industry, show business
興業 (コウギョウ) promotion of industry, inauguration of a new industrial enterprise
新興 (シンコウ) rising, developing, emergent, burgeoning, new
再興 (サイコウ) revival, restoration, resuscitation
興 (キョウ) interest, entertainment, pleasure, implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
興味 (キョウミ) interest (in something), curiosity (about something), zest (for)
一興 (イッキョウ) amusement, fun, brief entertainment
遊興 (ユウキョウ) merrymaking (esp. wine and women), pleasures
興る (おこる) to rise, to flourish
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
Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 5
JLPT level: N1
734 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 16
Meaning: entertain, revive, retrieve, interest, pleasure
Kunyomi: おこ.る おこ.す
Onyomi: コウ キョウ
Composition: 八
Radical: 臼
Reading: うす
Meaning: mortar
Strokes: 6
興奮する(こうふんする) be excited [v.i.]
興隆する(こうりゅうする) prosper
復興する(ふっこうする) revive [vi., vt.]
興亡(こうぼう) rise and fall
興(きょう) interest, entertainment
興味(きょうみ) interest (in something)
余興(よきょう) side show
即興(そっきょう) improvisation
興る(おこる) rise, flourish [v.i.]
興す(おこす) revive [v.t.]
興行 (コウギョウ) show, performance, act, entertainment industry, show business
興業 (コウギョウ) promotion of industry, inauguration of a new industrial enterprise
新興 (シンコウ) rising, developing, emergent, burgeoning, new
再興 (サイコウ) revival, restoration, resuscitation
興 (キョウ) interest, entertainment, pleasure, implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
興味 (キョウミ) interest (in something), curiosity (about something), zest (for)
一興 (イッキョウ) amusement, fun, brief entertainment
遊興 (ユウキョウ) merrymaking (esp. wine and women), pleasures
興る (おこる) to rise, to flourish
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