StrokeFox
123456

How to write 兴 (xìng, “feeling or desire to do sth”)

兴, an HSK 1 character, is read xìng for “feeling or desire to do sth” and “interest in sth”, and also xīng (“to rise”). The traditional form is 興, 16 strokes instead of 6. Among the HSK words it appears in 高兴 (“happy”), 兴趣 (“interest”) and 感兴趣 (“to be interested”). Japanese keeps the traditional 興, read kou (“entertain”).

Pinyin
xìng, xīng
Strokes
6
HSK
1
Radical
八 (“eight”)
Traditional
興

Stroke by stroke

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

As a top-middle-bottom character it splits into ⺍ (“small”), strokes 1–3; 一 (“one”), stroke 4; 八 (“eight”, the radical), strokes 5–6, written the top first.

  1. top leftdown and right
  2. topdown and right
  3. top rightdown and right → down and left
  4. leftrightwards
  5. centerdown and left
  6. centerdown and right

Names of the strokes

Traditional form

Simplified
兴 · 6 strokes
Traditional
興 · 16 strokes · see its strokes

Simplified vs traditional

Trace it

Follow the numbers. Tracing help

Pinyin and meaning

PinyinMeaningsTraditionalIn words
xìng
fourth tone		feeling or desire to do sth; interest in sth; excitement興高兴 兴趣 感兴趣 扫兴
xīng
first tone		to rise; to flourish; to become popular; to start; to encourage興兴奋 兴起 新兴 复兴
HSK 2025 syllabus
level 1
2021 standard
level 1
HSK 2.0
in a level 1 word
Words with it
78 in CC-CEDICT

Words with 兴

WordPinyinMeaning
高兴 高興gāoxìnghappy; glad HSK 1
兴趣 興趣xìngqùinterest (desire to know about sth); interest… HSK 3
感兴趣 感興趣gǎnxìngqùto be interested HSK 3
兴奋 興奮xīngfènexcited; excitement HSK 4
兴起 興起xīngqǐto rise; to spring up HSK 6
新兴 新興xīnxīngrising; emerging HSK 6
复兴 復興fùxīngto revive; to rejuvenate HSK 7-9
扫兴 掃興sǎoxìngto spoil things; to dampen spirits HSK 7-9
兴建 興建xīngjiànto build; to construct HSK 7-9
兴致 興致xìngzhìmood; spirits HSK 7-9

HSK words first (CC-CEDICT).

Practice sheet

Print at 100%. Several characters: worksheet maker.

Keep going

HSK 1, in list order: