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興
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兴
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excitement

HSK 10 N1
Human →Emotions
xìng, xīng
コウ、キョウ
おこ.る、おこ.す
흥
Depicts four hands (舁) working together (同) to raise something.
Components
舁 carry+ 同 same =
興 excitement
舁 Iconic component
yú carry
carry on one's shoulder
Depicts four hands.
同 Iconic component
tóng same
(used in given names)
Depicts something being lifted.
Notes
Similar Characters
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Historical Evolution
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Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Clerical Xin dynasty (9-23 AD)
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Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Clerical Jin dynasty (266-420 AD)
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興
Regular
Modern
Chinese
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)
兴 / 興 [xìng]
feeling or desire to do sth; interest in sth; excitement
Japanese
興 きょう 同音

noun

  1. interest; entertainment; pleasure
  2. implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
粔籹 (rare) 、 興 (rare) おこし 同音
noun food usually kana millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, soybeans, etc.)
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
興 あきら
Akira given name
興 おき
Oki surname
興 きょうあ
Kyōa unclassified name
興 こう
Kō female given name
興 こうあ
Kōa unclassified name
興 こうじ
Kōji unclassified name
興 こお
Koo unclassified name
興 しょうこう
Shoukou given name
興 すぐる
Suguru given name
興 たかし
Takashi given name
興 はじめ
Hajime given name
CHINESE WORDS (185)
高兴 [gāo​xìng] #236
happy
兴趣 [xìng​qù] #795
interest (desire to know about sth)
兴奋 [xīng​fèn] #1,167
excited
感兴趣 [gǎn​xìng​qù] #18,314
to be interested
新兴 [Xīn​xīng] #27,105
Xinxing county in Yunfu 雲浮|云浮[Yún​fú], Guangdong
兴建 [xīng​jiàn] #28,221
to build
有兴趣 [yǒu​xìng​qù] #7,412
interested
兴起 [xīng​qǐ] #15,693
to rise
振兴 [Zhèn​xīng] #39,221
Zhengxing district of Dandong city 丹東市|丹东市[Dān​dōng​shì], Liaoning
复兴 [Fù​xīng] #15,606
Fuxing district of Handan city 邯鄲市|邯郸市[Hán​dān​shì], Hebei
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JAPANESE WORDS (168)
⭐ 興味 [きょうみ] #870
interest (in something)
⭐ 興奮 [こうふん] #1,542
excitement
⭐ 興味深い [きょうみぶかい] #3,945
very interesting
興味を持つ [きょうみをもつ] #4,577
to have an interest (in)
興味ない [きょうみない] #5,192
uninterested (in)
⭐ 復興 [ふっこう] #7,808
revival
⭐ 興味津々 [きょうみしんしん] #9,168
very interesting
興じる [きょうじる] #11,640
to amuse oneself
興奮気味 [こうふんぎみ] #15,669
being somewhat excited (agitated)
興味本位 [きょうみほんい] #16,075
(just) out of curiosity
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KOREAN WORDS (18)
흥미 #9,695
interest; curiosity
흥분 #11,409
excitement; thrill; rage
감흥
inspiration
발흥
sudden rise; sudden thriving
부흥
revival
신흥
newly rising; up-and-coming
유흥
drinking
유흥비
amusement expenses; entertainment cost
중흥
renaissance; revitalization
진흥
promotion
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