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Kanji for Revive
The kanji for “revive” is 興, read kou and written in 16 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
興
revive
To rise up and bring new energy.
16 strokes On reading コウ、キョウ (kou, kyou) Kun reading おこる、おこす (okoru, okosu) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: entertain, revive, retrieve, interest, pleasure
Readings used for names on Nazuke: oki, kou
In Japan it appears in about 211 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
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