Zi:兴
兴(F興) [xìng] glad/happy (高兴); interest/taste, interested (兴趣) [xīng] rise up; be aroused; 兴奋 xīngfèn excited [xìn] cf. 興
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The simple-form character 兴 (6 strokes) is an abbrev. of the full-form character 興 (16 strokes), replacing the full-form component (13 strokes) with ⺍ (3 strokes).
Note: In the simple form 兴, the complex top parts of the full form 興 are abbrev. to just 3 strokes (leaving sth. like ⺍/小 over 丌), as in 举/舉 jǔ (see below).
The Shuōwén Seal form of 兴/興(𢍯) xīng ‘rise/raise up; be aroused’ combines 舁(𦥠) yú ‘(two people) raise/lift up’, and 同 tóng ‘together’ (as in 同力 ‘cooperate’): when people cooperate in doing sth. difficult, in lifting up sth. heavy (as a sacrificial bronze vessel/offering), in working together toward accomplishing a common goal/success, there is a joyous shared result (同事功; 共同出力).
Note: The character 興 is also assoc. with anc. 釁 xìn ‘blood sacrifice/offering’ (HDZ), cf. 衅/釁.
“舁 hands lifting 同 with joint effort ... (xīng) lift, raise, rise, begin, originate; prosper; raise or rise in rank; ... (xìng) high spirits, elation, joy, joyful; desire, passion” —Karlgren(AD).
Compare: 同 tóng ‘together’ (a lidded vessel); 爨 cuàn ‘prepare/cook (delicious/happy) meals’.
Compare: 與(𦥸与) yǔ ‘give/share’; 举/舉(擧) jǔ ‘lift/raise up in the hands’.
Compare: 共(𠔏) gòng ‘offer (respectfully/respects), shared/together’.
Compare: 衅/釁 xìn ‘blood sacrifice/offering; conflict/dispute’, formerly wr. 興.
►references: Wieger:50k; Karlgren:AD1150; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.243.5; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:035.1.03; Wáng(1993):107; EDOC:0
►components: 八⺍小丌一八
►Cantonese: hing\ hing-
<cdl char='兴' uni='5174' radical='Z2'>
<comp char='小' uni='5C0F' variant='20' points='14,0 108,58' />
<comp char='丌' uni='4E0C' variant='1' points='0,68 128,128' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='小' uni='5C0F' variant='20' points='16,16 112,40'>
<stroke type='d' points='0,19 24,122' />
<stroke type='d' points='54,0 70,112' />
<stroke type='p' points='128,20 108,128' tail='long' />
<!-- variant based on [U+2E8D](V=0) -->
</cdl>
<cdl char='丌' uni='4E0C' variant='1' points='0,40 128,128'>
<stroke type='h' points='0,0 128,0' />
<comp char='八' uni='516B' variant='1' points='4,22 124,128' />
<!-- variant based on [U+E15A](V=0) -->
</cdl>
<cdl char='八' uni='516B' variant='1' points='0,4 128,124' radical='K0'>
<stroke type='p' points='34,8 0,128' tail='long' />
<stroke type='d' points='89,0 128,124' />
<!-- variant based on [U+EF99](V=0) -->
<!-- 2013-09-04T18:45:35Z -->
</cdl>
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