IDENTITY
兴xìnghappy; interest; to rise (xīng)
HSK 1Top 380
CORE MEANING
happy; interest; to rise (xīng)
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.happy; cheerfulHSK1
- 2.interestHSK3
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 八eight radical (bā)
- strokes
- 6
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿳𭕄一八
- hands element
- middle line
- base
USAGE
Common words
高兴gāoxìnghappy
兴趣xìngqùinterest
兴奋xīngfènexcited
Graded examples
今天我很高兴。Jīntiān wǒ hěn gāoxìng.HSK1
I am very happy today.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 举
LEARNING
Memory aid
Hands (𭕄) raised high with joy — excitement rising.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #380
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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