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兴

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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)

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HSK 3.0
Level 1
Old HSK
Level 1
Strokes
6
Radical
八 +4
Structure
Top–middle–bottom 上中下
Traditional
興
Common rank
#387
Unicode
U+5174

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Formation & memory

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How 兴 is formed

Components ⺍ 一 八

How to remember it

excitement · Heisig RSH #1433

owl + floor + animal legs

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 兴

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
高兴 gāo xìng happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood
大兴区 Dà xīng Qū Daxing, a district of Beijing
兴山县 Xīng shān Xiàn Xingshan, a county in Yichang City 宜昌市[Yi2 chang1 Shi4], Hubei
兴国县 Xīng guó Xiàn Xingguo, a county in Ganzhou City 贛州市|赣州市[Gan4 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangxi
兴山区 Xīng shān Qū Xingshan, a district of Hegang City 鶴崗市|鹤岗市[He4 gang3 Shi4], Heilongjiang
海兴县 Hǎi xīng Xiàn Haixing, a county in Cangzhou City 滄州市|沧州市[Cang1 zhou1 Shi4], Hebei
兴海县 Xīng hǎi Xiàn Xinghai, a county in Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 海南藏族自治州[Hai3 nan2 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 …
罗兴亚人 Luó xìng yà rén Rohingya (predominantly Muslim ethnic group primarily residing in Rakhine State, Myanmar)
兴化市 Xīng huà Shì Xinghua, a county-level city in Taizhou City 泰州市[Tai4 zhou1 Shi4], Jiangsu
兴安区 Xīng ān Qū Xing'an, a district of Hegang City 鶴崗市|鹤岗市[He4 gang3 Shi4], Heilongjiang
兴安县 Xīng ān Xiàn Xing'an, a county in Guilin City 桂林市[Gui4 lin2 Shi4], Guangxi
大兴机场 Dà xīng Jī chǎng Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX), nicknamed 海星機場|海星机场[hai3 xing1 ji1 chang3] bec…
兴中会 Xīng zhōng huì Revive China Society, founded by Dr Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山 in 1894 in Honolulu
长兴县 Cháng xīng Xiàn Changxing, a county in Huzhou City 湖州市[Hu2 zhou1 Shi4], Zhejiang
兴文县 Xīng wén Xiàn Xingwen, a county in Yibin City 宜賓市|宜宾市[Yi2 bin1 Shi4], Sichuan
兴平市 Xīng píng Shì Xingping, a county-level city in Xianyang City 咸陽市|咸阳市[Xian2 yang2 Shi4], Shaanxi
德兴市 Dé xīng Shì Dexing, a county-level city in Shangrao City 上饒市|上饶市[Shang4 rao2 Shi4], Jiangxi
新兴县 Xīn xīng Xiàn Xinxing, a county in Yunfu City 雲浮市|云浮市[Yun2 fu2 Shi4], Guangdong
新兴区 Xīn xīng Qū Xinxing, a district of Qitaihe City 七臺河市|七台河市[Qi1 tai2 he2 Shi4], Heilongjiang; Sinsing, a…
兴城市 Xīng chéng Shì Xingcheng, a county-level city in Huludao City 葫蘆島市|葫芦岛市[Hu2 lu2 dao3 Shi4], Liaoning