• 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.

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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  • 524th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.04% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 87 words
  • Component in 1 character

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhì (zhi4)fine • delicate
2. zhì (zhi4)to send • to devote • to deliver • to cause • to convey

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhì (zhi4)The component is pronounced as 'zhì' (zhi4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

一致 
导致 (導致)
精致 (精緻)
致命 
致敬 

Uncommon

以致 
别致 (別緻)
大致 
景致 
杨致远 (楊致遠)
极致 (極致)
标致 (標致)
淋漓尽致 (淋漓盡致)
细致 (細緻)
致以 
致使 
致富 
致死 
致癌 
致癌物 
致辞 (致辭)
致电 (致電)
兴致 (興致)
兴致勃勃 (興致勃勃)
雅致 

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.