Memory phrase for the Kanji: 興
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興 |
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Meaning
| interest, entertain, raise, retrieve
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Pronunciation |
KYŌ, KŌ
okosu |
Explanation |
Left and right: pressing hands  , ヨ like a mortar 臼, center: same 同 [= All containers 冂 have only one 一 opening 口 and that is the same.], below: table  Here: seen as two turned hands 廾 grasping upwards 屮 from below. Thus four hands are shown. |
Mnemonic
| All four hands have the same interest.
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Radicals
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臼
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mortar | Like two hands E, 彐 that are pushing from both sides. |
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нажимать, толкат | This character appears like the left half of mortar 臼, which shows hands E,ヨ pressing from both sides. |
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hand | Several characters are used for hand:  ,ナ, 扌, 手,ヨ,又 |
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同
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the same | All containers 冂 only have one 一 opening 口, and that is the same. |
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廾
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two hands | Two hands 屮 (with the fingers 山 towards the top) simplified and combined. |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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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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