# 演 performance

(crown) + (waterleft) + (TNT plunger) + (animal legs)
★★★☆☆
14 strokes
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## Onyomi

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## Mnemonic

| You'll ENJOY the performance -- it's a Rube Goldberg kind of affair . A stream of water falls on a crown, causing it to topple onto a TNT plunger and blow up the whole theater!!

## Jukugo

演奏(えんそう) する | perform ★★★☆☆ 演 (performance) + 奏 (musical performance) = 演奏 (perform) perform music or a play
講演(こうえん) | a non-political speech ★★☆☆☆ 講 (lecture) + 演 (performance) = 講演 (a non-political speech) any public speech or talk given to a general audience. Authors doing a reading, dudes addressing a club, the graduation speaker at your graduation, are all doing 講演.
演歌(えんか) | enka ★☆☆☆☆ CCW 演 (performance) + 歌 (sing) = 演歌 (enka) a genre of really un-hip music Japanese grandparents and hicks listen to - it's been called "the country western music of Japan", but it's much more. When you listen to Enka, or sing it in a karaoke bar, you can cry and express emotion.

## Synonyms

speech 講演 講義 セミナー 演説
theater, play 芝居 劇 ショー 演劇