Hanja Analyzer
興

興 — heung

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
일[盛] 흥
Romanization
heung
English
thrive, prosper, flourish
Mandarin
xìng
Japanese on'yomi
コウ, キョウ, キン
Japanese kun'yomi
おこ.る おこ.す
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 5
Newspaper frequency
#734 of 2,500
Strokes
16
Radical
臼 (134, 9 residual)
Unicode
U+8208

Korean example words with 興

  • 대흥大興 Korean gloss: 크게 흥함
  • 흥융興戎 Korean gloss: 전쟁을 일으킴
  • 흥체興替 Korean gloss: 성하고 쇠퇴함
  • 흥미興味 Korean gloss: 흥을 느끼는 재미
  • 발흥發興 Korean gloss: 어떤 일이나 현상이 일어남
  • 취흥醉興 Korean gloss: 술에 취하여 일어나는 흥취
  • 흥폐興廢 Korean gloss: 잘되어 일어남과 못되어 망함
  • 좌흥座興 Korean gloss: 여러 사람이 모인 자리의 흥취
  • 흥망興亡 Korean gloss: 잘되어 일어남과 못되어 없어짐
  • 흥취興趣 Korean gloss: 흥과 취미를 아울러 이르는 말
  • 춘흥春興 Korean gloss: 봄철에 절로 일어나는 흥과 운치
  • 감흥感興 Korean gloss: 마음속 깊이 감동받아 일어나는 흥취

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 興

  • 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
  • 興きょう interest; entertainment; pleasure
  • 新興しんこう rising; developing; emergent
  • 興奮こうふん excitement; stimulation; agitation
  • 興行こうぎょう show; performance; act
  • 興業こうぎょう promotion of industry; inauguration of a new industrial enterprise
  • 即興そっきょう improvisation; improvised; impromptu
  • 再興さいこう revival; restoration; resuscitation
  • 遊興ゆうきょう merrymaking (esp. wine and women); pleasures
  • 興じるきょうじる to amuse oneself; to make merry

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