興

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

• 嬹, 䕟, 𦧅, 𠔻

• 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

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

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

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

• → Thai: เฮง (heng) (via Teochew)
• → Khmer: ហេង (heng)[1]

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.

(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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

• Go-on: こう (kō, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: きょう (kyō, Jōyō)
• Kun: おこる (okoru, 興る, Jōyō); おこす (okosu, 興す, Jōyō); おきる (okiru)

興(きょう) • (kyō) 

1. entertainment; pleasure; interest

From Middle Chinese 興 (MC xing).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [xɯŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [흥]

Wikisource 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 (heungchwi( 興趣 ) heung))

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.

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

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