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興

xìng, xīng

rise, flourish

Depicts four hands (舁) working together (同) to raise something.

Components
舁 iconic component

舁  Iconic component

yú

  

to lift

Depicts four hands.

同 iconic component

同  Iconic component

tóng, tòng

  

together

Depicts something being lifted.

Evolution

興 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
興 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
興 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
興 Clerical script Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)

Clerical script

Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
興 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

兴 (興) 

xìng

thrive, prosper, flourish; feeling or desire to do sth; interest in sth; excitement

兴 (興) 

Xīng

surname Xing

兴 (興) 

xīng

to rise; to flourish; to become popular; to start; to encourage; to get up; (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect); maybe (dialect)

Most common words with 興
Freq.
Word
Meaning

高兴

happy

兴趣

hobby

兴奋

excited

兴

to rise

感兴趣

to be interested

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

舋

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*qʰ(r)əŋ

xing

xīng

lift, rise


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 88.6593% of movies

306th most common character in movies

531st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

16

Simplified

兴

Unicode

U+8208

Shuowen

“興，起也。从舁，从同。同力也。”


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