興 — entertain, revive, retrieve
きょう
興
entertain
きょう
U+8208
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #734
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #1533
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- entertain
- revive
- retrieve
- interest
- pleasure
Readings
- On'yomi
- こう kou きょう kyou
- Kun'yomi
- おこ oko
word
きょう kyou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
こう kou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
おこ oko Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
Words by frequency and grade
11 wordsEach dot is a word containing 興: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 2 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.