• 531st most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 179 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. xīng (Xing1)surname Xing
2. xīng (xing1)to rise • to flourish • to become popular • to start • to encourage • to get up • (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (topolect) • maybe (topolect)
3. xìng (xing4)feeling or desire to do sth • interest in sth • excitement

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

兴奋 (興奮)
兴趣 (興趣)
高兴 (高興)

Uncommon

中兴 (中興)
助兴 (助興)
即兴 (即興)
嘉兴 (嘉興)
大兴 (大興)
宜兴 (宜興)
家和万事兴 (家和萬事興)
复兴 (復興)
感兴趣 (感興趣)
振兴 (振興)
扫兴 (掃興)
新兴 (新興)
尽兴 (盡興)
绍兴 (紹興)
兴国 (興國)
兴奋剂 (興奮劑)
兴宁 (興寧)
兴旺 (興旺)
兴业 (興業)
兴冲冲 (興沖沖)
兴致 (興致)
兴致勃勃 (興致勃勃)
兴许 (興許)
兴起 (興起)
兴隆 (興隆)
兴高采烈 (興高采烈)
长兴 (長興)
高高兴兴 (高高興興)

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  • 130th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.15% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 328 words
  • Component in 7 characters

Decomposition

1Once
No glyph available
2Radical
No glyph availableeight/divideone
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (Ye4)surname Ye
2. (ye4)line of business • industry • occupation • job • employment • school studies • enterprise • property • (Buddhism) karma • deed • to engage in • already

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (ye4)The component is pronounced as '' (yi1). It has the same pinyin initial.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

事业 (事業)
企业 (企業)
作业 (作業)
创业 (創業)
商业 (商業)
专业 (專業)
业务 (業務)
毕业 (畢業)
职业 (職業)
行业 (行業)

Uncommon

不务正业 (不務正業)
事业心 (事業心)
事业有成 (事業有成)
企业家 (企業家)
伟业 (偉業)
兢兢业业 (兢兢業業)
制造业 (制造業)
创业者 (創業者)
商业化 (商業化)
大业 (大業)
失业 (失業)
学业 (學業)
学业有成 (學業有成)
实业 (實業)
专业户 (專業戶)
就业 (就業)
工业 (工業)
从业 (從業)
敬业 (敬業)
服务业 (服務業)
业主 (業主)
业界 (業界)
业绩 (業績)
业余 (業餘)
歇业 (歇業)
渔业 (漁業)
营业 (營業)
营业员 (營業員)
物业 (物業)
产业 (產業)
产业链 (產業鏈)
毕业生 (畢業生)
置业 (置業)
职业病 (職業病)
兴业 (興業)
农业 (農業)
农业部 (農業部)
银行业 (銀行業)
开业 (開業)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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