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兴
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)
feeling or desire to do sth / interest in sth / excitement
兴
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一
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八
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Mnemonic symbol from the shape of the character: a sea star. Xi shi (xi) and a sea star (⺍) have a strong desire (兴) to smoke catnip (⺍) through a flute (一), so they hide in the engine's bathroom ((e)ng4) to crush the catnip with an eight-ball (八) and smoke it. Shortly afterwards they relax and loose all their excitement (兴) and interest in anything (兴).
兴 character breakdown
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
Maud Younger (y) forgot her keys to the space station (Ø1), all she brought outside was her flute (一). She has no choice but to crash the door with the giant flute.
Character component without intrinsic meaning
Mnemonic symbol: catnip, because it somehow looks like a growing plant.
eight; 8
Characters with 兴 as component
to praise / to acclaim / reputation
to lift / to hold up / to cite / to enumerate / to act / to raise / to choose / to elect / act / move / deed
variant of 舉|举[ju3]
Japanese variant of 舉|举
Words with 兴
to stare at the ceiling in despair / to find no way out / nothing you can do about it / at the end of one's wits
Beijing Daxing International Airport (PKX)