興

See also: 兴

Translingual

Etymology

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 舁 + 同 (“together”)

Han character

興 (radical 134 臼+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹X月金 (HXBC), four-corner 7780₁)

1. thrive, prosper, flourish

Descendants

• 嬹

References

• KangXi: page 1005, character 5
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30226
• Dae Jaweon: page 1461, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 253, character 9
• Unihan data for U+8208

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Cantonese

Hanzi

興 (simplified 兴, Jyutping hing1, hing3, Yale hing1, hing3)

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Japanese

Kanji

興

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. entertain
2. revive
3. retrieve
4. interest
5. pleasure

Noun

興 (hiragana きょう, romaji kyō)

1. entertainment; pleasure; interest

Readings

• Goon: こう (kō)
• Kan’on: きょう (kyō)
• Kun: おこる (okoru), おこす (okosu), おきる (okiru)

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Korean

Hanja

興 (heung) (hangeul 흥, revised heung, McCune-Reischauer hŭng, Yale hung)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

興 (simplified 兴, Pinyin xīng (xing1), xìng (xing4), Wade-Giles hsing¹, hsing⁴)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

興 (*xièng, *xiəng)

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Min Nan

Hanzi

興 (TLPA hing (hing¹), hin (hin¹), hìng (hing³))

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References

• Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Vietnamese

Han character

興 (hưng, hăng, hên, hứng)

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