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The kanji 興: meaning, readings and stroke order
興
- Meaning
- interest, rise
- On reading
- コウ kou、キョウ kyou
- Kun reading
- おこ（る） okoru、おこ（す） okosu
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 臼 mortar
- Level
- Level 5 · grade 5
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- hứng thú, dấy lên (hưng)
- Japanese
- おもしろいと おもう きもち。さかんに する。
- Korean
- 흥미, 일으키다 (흥)
- Chinese
- 兴趣、兴起 (兴)
Readings, words and example sentences
コウ kou · on reading · less common
復興
rebuilding, recovery
町の 復興が 少しずつ 進みます。
The rebuilding of the town is moving forward little by little.
キョウ kyou · on reading
興味
interest
わたしは 星に 興味が あります。
I'm interested in stars.
おこ（る） okoru · kun reading · less common
興る
to rise, to spring up
この 地方に 新しい 産業が 興ります。
New industries are springing up in this region.
おこ（す） okosu · kun reading · less common
興す
to start up, to build up
村に 新しい 産業を 興します。
People start a new industry in the village.
Practise writing 興 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 興 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 5 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.