興 is the Japanese kanji for interest, entertain, revive, retrieve, pleasure. It is written with 16 strokes and appears at JLPT level N1. Its kun reading is おこ.る、おこ.す and its on reading is コウ、キョウ.
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Words with 興
- 興interest, entertainment, pleasure
- 興すto vitalize (e.g. an industry), to invigorate, to energize
- 興じるto amuse oneself, to make merry
- 興味interest (in something), curiosity (about something), zest (for)
- 振興promotion, encouragement
- 復興revival, reconstruction, restoration
Practice 興 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.