This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: コウ、キョウ、おこ.る、おこ.す
Romaji: kou, kyō, oko.ru, oko.su
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Name Readings

Kana: おき、おこっ、とも
Romaji: oki, oko, , tomo
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Meanings

entertain, revive, retrieve, interest, pleasure

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  16
Radical Number:  12
Frequency:  734
Grade:  5
Skip Pattern:  2-14-2
Korean Reading:  heung
Chinese Reading:  xing4
Unicode:  8208
JIS:  363D

Indexes

Halpern Index: 2909
Nelson Index: 615
New Nelson Index: 4913
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 2o14.2
Four Corner Index: 7780.1
Guide to Remembering Index: 652
Gakken Index: 695
Japanese Names Index: 2586
Daikanwanjiten Index: 30226
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 9.0444
Remembering the kanji Index: 1426
Kanji Way Index: 490
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1687
Kodansha Compact Index: 158
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 702
Kanji in Context Index: 631
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1852
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2525
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1438
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1533
Essential Kanji Index: 338
Kodansha Kanji Index: 3622
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2661
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 589
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 814

Words

興し (おこし)
millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, etc.)
興行 (こうぎょう)
show; performance; act; entertainment industry; show business
復興 (ふっこう)
revival; renaissance; reconstruction; restoration
新興 (しんこう)
rising; developing; emergent
再興 (さいこう)
revival; restoration; resuscitation
(きょう)
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
振興 (しんこう)
promotion; encouragement
興味 (きょうみ)
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
興業 (こうぎょう)
industrial enterprise
中興 (ちゅうこう)
restoration; revival; resurgence
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