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Kanji: 興
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KANJI

興

16 strokes

READINGS

KUN 訓	おこる
	おこす

ON 音	コウ
	キョウ

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N1 (most advanced level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 6 (completion of 5th grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 5th grade in Japan
Radical:	臼 Radical name: うす
Meaning:	Entertain, revive, retrieve, interest, pleasure
Usage:	Appears frequently in Japanese newspapers, but about 700 kanji are used even more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N4	興味(きょうみ)	an interest
N1	興(きょう)じる	to amuse oneself, to make merry
N1	興業(こうぎょう)	industrial enterprise
N1	興奮(こうふん)	excitement, stimulation, agitation, arousal
N1	新興(しんこう)	rising, developing, emergent
N1	振興(しんこう)	promotion, encouragement
N1	復興(ふっこう)	revival, renaissance, reconstruction
N1	余興(よきょう)	side show, entertainment

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