興 (xīng)
to prosper; to rise; to start
How 興 is written
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 臼 — mortar
- Traditional
- 興
- Simplified
- 兴
興 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- xīng
- surname Xing
- xìng
- feeling or desire to do sth; interest in sth; excitement
Common words using 興
- 興奮 xīngfèn
- excited; excitement
- 興趣 xìngqù
- interest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby
- 高興 gāoxìng
- happy; glad; willing (to do sth)
- 中興 zhōngxīng
- resurgence; recovery; restoration
- 助興 zhùxìng
- to add to the fun; to liven things up
- 即興 jíxìng
- improvisation (in the arts); impromptu; extemporaneous
- 嘉興 jiāxīng
- Jiaxing prefecture level city in Zhejiang
- 大興 dàxīng
- Daxing district of Beijing, formerly Daxing county
- 宜興 yíxīng
- Yixing county level city in Wuxi 無錫|无锡[Wu2 xi1], Jiangsu
- 家和萬事興 jiāhéwànshìxīng
- if the family lives in harmony all affairs will prosper (idiom)
- 復興 fùxīng
- Fuxing district of Handan city 邯鄲市|邯郸市[Han2 dan1 shi4], Hebei; Fuxing or Fuhsing township in Taoyuan county 桃園縣|桃园县[Tao2 yuan2 xian4], north Taiwan
- 感興趣 gǎnxìngqù
- to be interested
興 in a sentence
這個地區慢慢興盛起來了。
Zhège dìqū mànmàn xīngshèng qǐlái le.
“This area is gradually prospering.”
How common is 興?
興 is the 531st most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 77.1% of all running text.
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