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See also: 兴

興 (Kangxi radical 134, 臼+9, 16 strokes, cangjie input 竹難月金 (HXBC), four-corner 77801, composition ⿳⿴𦥑同一八)

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1005, character 5
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30226
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1461, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 253, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+8208
trad. 興
simp. 兴
alternative forms 㒷
𢍯
Old Chinese
興 *qʰɯŋ, *qʰɯŋs
臖 *qʰɯŋs
嬹 *qʰɯŋs

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 舁 (“to raise”) + 同 (“together”) – to hold up together.

  • Dialectal data
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 興
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xīng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ xing ›
Old
Chinese 		/*qʰ(r)əŋ/
English lift, rise

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 興
Reading # 1/2
No. 13858
Phonetic
component 		興
Rime
group 		蒸
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		興
Old
Chinese 		/*qʰɯŋ/

興

  1. to rise; to get up
  2. to thrive; to prosper; to flourish
  3. prosperous; flourishing
  4. to be popular; to be fashionable
    呢排擺酒唔興食魚翅。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    呢排摆酒唔兴食鱼翅。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei1 paai4 baai2 zau2 m4 hing1 sik6 jyu4 ci3. [Jyutping]
    These days, shark fin soup isn't popular in banquets.
  5. to start; to build; to establish
  6. to elect; to promote
  7. to succeed; to achieve success
  8. to send; to dispatch; to launch; to mount
  9. to collect; to recruit
  10. to do; to perform
  11. to advocate; to encourage
  12. to indulge; to spoil
  13. (dialectal, chiefly in the negative) to allow; to permit
  14. maybe; perhaps
  15. (Teochew) lucky; fortunate
  16. a surname

Note: him - 興味.

  • Dialectal data

興

  1. excitement; interest; mood in doing something
    高興／高兴  ―  gāoxìng  ―  happy [lit. high mood]
  2. sensual desire; sexual desire; passion
  3. (obsolete or Min) to like; to be fond of; to love
  4. to liken; to analogise
  5. (rhetoric) metaphor
  6. (poetry) association; speaking first of something else to lead up to the main theme
  7. (Suzhounese) bustling; lively
    Synonym: 熱鬧 / 热闹 (Standard)
    今朝禮拜日，觀前興得來路匣勿好走。 [Suzhounese, trad.]
    今朝礼拜日，观前兴得来路匣勿好走。 [Suzhounese, simp.]
    From: 1993, 蘇州方言詞典, page 20
    It's Sunday today, the road ahead is very lively and it's not easily traversable.
  1. ^ Headley, R. K. 1977. Cambodian-English Dictionary. Catholic University Press. SEAlang Library Khmer. [1]

興

(Fifth grade kyōiku kanji)

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

興(きょう) • (kyō) 

  1. entertainment; pleasure; interest

From Middle Chinese 興 (MC xing).

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興 (eumhun 일 흥 (il heung))

  1. hanja form? of 흥 (“to rise; to get up”)
  2. hanja form? of 흥 (“to thrive; to prosper; to flourish”)

From Middle Chinese 興 (MC xingH).

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [xɯ(ː)ŋ]
  • Phonetic hangul: [흥(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

興 (eumhun 흥취(興趣) 흥)

  1. hanja form? of 흥 (“interest”)
  2. hanja form? of 흥 (“excitement; fun; joy; pleasure”)
  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

興: Hán Nôm readings: hưng, hăng, hên, hứng

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