漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons
興: entertain, revive
Also: retrieve, interest, pleasure
JLPT N116 strokesGrade 5Your ink: 白 Not met
𦥑 and 八 carry the meaning · 同 is drawn in
16 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
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Four readings, and the words that use each
コウkou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 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
キョウkyou · on'yomi
- 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
おこるokoru · kun'yomi · on its own
- 興るおこるrise, flourish [v.i.]
おこすokosu · kun'yomi
- 興すおこすrevive [v.t.]
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Ideogrammic compound (會意)
Four hands (舁) lifting an object.
Source: Wiktionary, 興 (rev. 93597085), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Mortar (臼) + four hands + mouth/bottom. Imagine many "hands" working together at a "mortar" to build something great—the essence of "prospering" and "active interest."”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
同
Also built on same (同)
In ChineseSimplified 兴 · traditional, as in Japanese · xìng
Japan keeps the traditional form 興; mainland China simplifies it to 兴.
- Simplified
- 兴 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 興 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xìng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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