興

See also: 兴
興 U+8208, 興
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8208
← 與
[U+8207] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 舉 →
[U+8209]

Translingual

Han character

興 (radical 134, 臼+9, 15 strokes, cangjie input 竹X月金 (HXBC), four-corner 77801, composition ⿳⿴𦥑同一八)

Derived characters

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

Chinese
trad. 興
simp. 兴
variant forms 㒷

Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 興
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (興) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
興 *qʰɯŋ, *qʰɯŋs
臖 *qʰɯŋs
嬹 *qʰɯŋs

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

Pronunciation 1
  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 興 (興旺)
Mandarin Beijing /ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Harbin /ɕiŋ⁴⁴/
Tianjin /ɕiŋ²¹/
Jinan /ɕiŋ²¹³/
Qingdao /ɕiŋ²¹³/
Zhengzhou /ɕiŋ²⁴/
Xi'an /ɕiŋ²¹/
Xining /ɕiə̃⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /ɕiŋ⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /ɕĩn³¹/
Ürümqi /ɕiŋ⁴⁴/
Wuhan /ɕin⁵⁵/
Chengdu /ɕin⁵⁵/
Guiyang /ɕin⁵⁵/
Kunming /ɕĩ/
Nanjing /ɕin³¹/
Hefei /ɕin²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /ɕiəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /ɕiŋ¹³/
Hohhot /ɕĩŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ɕiŋ⁵³/
Suzhou /ɕin⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /ɕin³³/
Wenzhou /ɕaŋ³³/
Hui Shexian /ɕiʌ̃³¹/
Tunxi /ɕin¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /ɕin³³/
Xiangtan /ɕin³³/
Gan Nanchang /ɕin⁴²/ ～國縣
Hakka Meixian /hin⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /hin²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /heŋ⁵³/
Nanning /heŋ⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /hiŋ⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /hiŋ⁵⁵/
/hin⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /hiŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /xeiŋ⁵⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /heŋ³³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /heŋ²³/
Rime
Character 興
Reading # 1/2
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 蒸 (133)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 虚陵切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /hɨŋ/
Pan
Wuyun		 /hɨŋ/
Shao
Rongfen		 /xieŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /hiŋ/
Li
Rong		 /xiəŋ/
Wang
Li		 /xĭəŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /xi̯əŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xīng
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/

Definitions

興

  1. to rise; to get up
  2. to thrive; to prosper; to flourish
  3. prosperous; flourishing
  4. popular; fashionable
  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, usually in the negative) to allow; to permit
  14. maybe; perhaps
  15. A surname​.

Descendants

Compounds
Derived terms from 興

Pronunciation 2
Note: him - 興味.
  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 興 (高興)
Mandarin Beijing /ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Harbin /ɕiŋ⁵³/
Tianjin /ɕiŋ⁵³/
Jinan /ɕiŋ²¹/
Qingdao /ɕiŋ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /ɕiŋ³¹²/
Xi'an /ɕiŋ⁴⁴/
Xining /ɕiə̃²¹³/
Yinchuan /ɕiŋ¹³/
Lanzhou /ɕĩn¹³/
Ürümqi /ɕiŋ²¹³/
Wuhan /ɕin⁴²/
Chengdu /ɕin¹³/
Guiyang /ɕin²¹³/
Kunming /ɕĩ¹/
Nanjing /ɕin⁴⁴/
Hefei /ɕin⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /ɕiəŋ⁴⁵/
Pingyao /ɕiŋ³⁵/
Hohhot /ɕĩŋ⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /ɕiŋ³⁵/
Suzhou /ɕin⁵¹³/
Hangzhou /ɕin⁴⁴⁵⁴⁴⁵/
Wenzhou /ɕaŋ⁴²/
Hui Shexian /ɕiʌ̃³²⁴/
Tunxi /ɕin⁴²/
Xiang Changsha /ɕin⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /ɕin⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /ɕin⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /hin⁵³/
Taoyuan
Cantonese Guangzhou /heŋ³³/
Nanning /heŋ³³/
Hong Kong /hiŋ³³/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /hiŋ²¹/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /hɛiŋ²¹²/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /xeiŋ⁴⁴/
Shantou (Min Nan) /heŋ²¹³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /heŋ³⁵/
Rime
Character 興
Reading # 2/2
Initial (聲) 曉 (32)
Final (韻) 蒸 (133)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 許應切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /hɨŋH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /hɨŋH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /xieŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /hiŋH/
Li
Rong		 /xiəŋH/
Wang
Li		 /xĭəŋH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /xi̯əŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 xìng
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 興
Reading # 2/2
No. 13859
Phonetic
component		 興
Rime
group		 蒸
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 興
Old
Chinese		 /*qʰɯŋs/

Definitions

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

Compounds
Derived terms from 興

Japanese

Kanji
興

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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

Noun

興 (hiragana きょう, rōmaji kyō)

  1. entertainment; pleasure; interest

Readings

Korean

Hanja

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

  1. thrive, prosper, flourish

Vietnamese

Han character

興 (hưng, hăng, hên, hứng)

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