entertain, revive, retrieve, interest
Also: pleasure
On'yomi (音読み)
- コウ
- キョウ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
- おこ.る
- おこ.す
About this kanji
The kanji 興 means to entertain or to revive and is often related to interest and pleasure. It can be used both as a noun and a verb. Common compounds include 興味 (きょうみ), which means interest, and can refer to a curiosity about something; 復興 (ふっこう), meaning revival, often in the context of recovering something lost; and 興す (おこす), a verb meaning to vitalize or bring an industry back to life. A helpful tip is to remember that this kanji conveys the idea of sparking enthusiasm or interest in various areas.
Example sentences
彼の話はとても興味深い。
His story is very interesting.
Meanings across languages
- English
- entertain, revive, retrieve, interest, pleasure
- Tiếng Việt
- giải trí
- 日本語
- 興味
- 한국어
- 흥미
- 中文
- 兴奋
- id
- menghibur
- th
- บันเทิง
- es
- entretenimiento
- fr
- divertir
- de
- unterhalten
- pt
- entreter
Common compounds
- 興味きょうみinterest (in something), curiosity (about something), zest (for)
- 振興しんこうpromotion, encouragement
- 復興ふっこうrevival, reconstruction, restoration
- 興すおこすto vitalize (e.g. an industry), to invigorate, to energize
- 興業こうぎょうpromotion of industry, inauguration of a new industrial enterprise
- 興行こうぎょうshow, performance, act
- 興奮こうふんexcitement, stimulation, agitation
- 新興しんこうrising, developing, emergent
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