Memory phrase for the Kanji: 興


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Meaning interest, entertain, raise, retrieve

Pronunciation

KYŌ, KŌ
okosu

Explanation

Left and right: pressing hands , ヨ like a mortar , center: same [= All containers have only one opening and that is the same.], below: table Here: seen as two turned hands grasping upwards 屮 from below. Thus four hands are shown.

Mnemonic


 
All four hands have the same interest.

Radicals

mortarLike two hands E, 彐 that are pushing from both sides.
нажимать, толкатThis character appears like the left half of mortar , which shows hands E,ヨ pressing from both sides.
handSeveral characters are used for hand: ,ナ, , ,ヨ,. The hand can be seen with the forearm on the right and the fingers on the left.
the sameAll containers only have one opening , and that is the same.
two handsTwo hands 屮 (with the fingers towards the top) simplified and combined.
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 Vocabulary

興す おこす  to revive, to retrieve (fortunes), to raise up
興味 きょうみ  interest (in something)
復興 ふっこう  revival, renaissance, reconstruction
余興 よきょう  side show, entertainment
振興 しんこう  promotion, encouragement
新興 しんこう  rising, developing, emergent
興じる きょうじる  to amuse oneself, to make merry
興奮 こうふん  excitement, stimulation, agitation, arousal
興業 こうぎょう  industrial enterprise


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