興 : Entertain

↑ click kanji to animate ↑

Components:

同八

entertain, revive, retrieve, interest, pleasure

On 'yomi:

コウ(kou) キョウ(u)

Kun 'yomi:

おこ.る(oko.ru) おこ.す(oko.su)

Nanori:

おき(oki) おこっ(oko) とも(tomo)

Strokes:	16
Radical:	臼 (134)
Usage Rating:	734

JLPT:	N1
old JLPT:	1
Grade:	5

Unicode:	08208
jis208:	22-29

Some information on this page provided by EDICT

興 Usage examples

旅興行(たびこうぎょう)	touring show
家を興す(いえをおこす)	to found a house
興味が薄い(きょうみがうすい)	uninteresting
興を冷ます(きょうをさます)	to be a wet-blanket
工業を興す(こうぎょうをおこす)	to promote industry
割興(わりこう)	discount industrial bank bond
興行界(こうぎょうかい)	entertainment world
興行成績(こうぎょうせいせき)	box-office record
ヨーロッパ復興開発銀行(ヨーロッパふっこうかいはつぎんこう)	European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, EBRD
新興企業(しんこうきぎょう)	start-up company
興銀(こうぎん)	industrial bank
興味索然(きょうみさくぜん)	uninteresting, tending to spoil the fun (pleasure) (of), throwing a wet blanket (on)
興奮気味(こうふんぎみ)	being somewhat excited (agitated)
興亡盛衰(こうぼうせいすい)	rise and fall, prosperity and decline, vicissitudes
盛衰興亡(せいすいこうぼう)	rise and fall, ups and downs, waxing and waning, prosperity and decline, vicissitudes
追善興行(ついぜんこうぎょう)	memorial performance, performance in memory of someone
興産(こうさん)	industry, industries
村興し(むらおこし)	revitalization of a village, village renewal (project)
町興し(まちおこし)	revitalization of a town, town renewal (project)
興し(おこし)	development, revitalization
興し(おこし) 興(おこし)	millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, etc.)
不興を買う(ふきょうをかう)	to fall into disgrace with
紹興酒(シャオシンチュー)	shaoxingjiu (Chinese alcohol made from rice or glutinous millet)