Kanji

Level: N1 Strokes: 16

興

Meaning in English

entertain, revive, retrieve

Readings

Onyomi: コウ, キョウ Kunyomi: おこ.る, おこ.す Romaji: kou, kyou / oko.ru, oko.su

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興

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese entreter, revigorar, recuperar

Spanish entretener, revivir, recuperar

Korean 즐겁게 하다, 활력을 되찾다, 되찾다

French divertir, raviver, récupérer

Italian intrattenere, ravvivare, recuperare

German unterhalten, wiederbeleben, zurückholen

Indonesian menghibur, menghidupkan kembali, memulihkan

★ Vietnamese giải trí, hồi sinh, phục hồi

Thai ให้ความบันเทิง ฟื้นฟู เรียกคืน

Related kanji

N1 臼 kyuu, gu / usu, usuzu.ku mortar, mortier, mortero

Words with this kanji

N1 興業 kougyou starting a business; industry N1 興じる kyoujiru to amuse oneself, to make merry N1 復興 fukkou revival, renaissance, reconstruction N1 余興 yokyou side show, entertainment N3 興奮 koufun excitement, stimulation N3 新興 shinkou rising, developing, emergent N3 振興 shinkou promotion, encouragement N4 興味 kyoumi interest, curiosity

Sentences with this kanji

N4 日本語を勉強しているうちに文化にも興味が出てきた Nihongo o benkyou shite iru uchi ni bunka ni mo kyoumi ga dete kita While studying Japanese I became interested in the culture too