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兴

xīng/xìng

to rise; to flourish

Traditional 興 Explore in 3D3D

Ancient forms

3 forms
  1. Oracle boneShang
  2. BronzeWestern Zhou
  3. Small sealQin–Han

Glyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.

Meaning

xīng as in 兴奋 xing1
  1. to rise
  2. to flourish
  3. to become popular
  4. to start
  5. to encourage
  6. to get up
  7. (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect)
  8. maybe (dialect)
  9. surname Xing
xìng as in 高兴 xing4
  1. feeling or desire to do sth
  2. interest in sth
  3. excitement

How often each reading is used

100 uses in 100 example sentences on this site

Example sentences

HSK words with 兴

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