兴
xīng
to rise
surname Xing; to flourish; to become popular; to start; to encourage; to get up; (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect); maybe (dialect)
Many hands (⺍) + one (一) + spread (八) = rise and flourish
The original form depicted two hands lifting something together, conveying collective effort and the energy that causes things to rise. Unity and shared action giving rise to flourishing.
春天来了，万物开始兴旺起来。
chūn tiān lái le， wàn wù kāi shǐ xīng wàng qǐ lái。
Spring has come, and all things begin to flourish.
这个地方近几年兴起了很多新行业。
zhè ge dì fang jìn jǐ nián xīng qǐ le hěn duō xīn háng yè。
In recent years, many new industries have risen up in this place.
Words with 兴
酒兴
jiǔ xìng
interest in wine
长兴
cháng xīng
Changxing county in Huzhou 湖州[Hu2 zhou1], Zhejiang
长兴县
cháng xīng xiàn
Changxing county in Huzhou 湖州[Hu2 zhou1], Zhejiang
门兴格拉德巴赫
mén xīng gé lā dé bā hè
Mönchengladbach (city in Germany)
雅兴
yǎ xìng
refined and elegant attitude of mind
饶有兴趣
ráo yǒu xìng qù
engrossing
高兴
gāo xìng
happy
高高兴兴
gāo gāo xìng xìng
cheerful and optimistic
黄兴
huáng xīng
Huang Xing (1874-1916), revolutionary politician, close collaborator of Sun Yat-sen, prominent in the 1911 Xinhai Revolution 辛亥革命[Xin1 hai4 Ge2 ming4], murdered in Shanghai in 1916
不兴
bù xīng
out of fashion
中兴
zhōng xīng
resurgence
中兴新村
zhōng xīng xīn cūn
Zhongxing New Village, model town in Nantou County, west-central Taiwan