U+8208 "興" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
興
U+8208 "興" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that traditionally means "prosperity," "to rise," or "to flourish," and it is composed of components suggesting hands lifting an object, evoking the sense of elevation or beginning. This character is used in modern Chinese, Japanese (as a shinjitai or kyūjitai form), and Korean, often appearing in words related to excitement, interest, or economic and cultural revival, such as in the Chinese word "xīngqù" meaning "interest" or the Japanese term "kōgyō" for "industry." Its historical usage traces back to ancient scripts, and it remains a common element in East Asian texts, reflecting a core concept of growth and enthusiasm.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8208 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 興 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 興 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0x88 0x88 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8208 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008208 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8208 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | BFB3 |
| kCCCII | 215433 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-717B |
| kCNS1992 | 1-717B |
| kCangjie | HXBC |
| kCantonese | hing1 |
| kCihaiT | 1113.401 |
| kCowles | 1072 1075 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1461.020 |
| kDefinition | thrive, prosper, flourish |
| kEACC | 215433 |
| kFanqie | 虚陵 許應 |
| kFenn | 580B |
| kFennIndex | 184.06 186.04 |
| kFourCornerCode | 7780.1 |
| kGB1 | 4843 |
| kGradeLevel | 1 |
| kGSR | 0889a |
| kHangul | 흥:0E |
| kHanYu | 10253.090 |
| kHanyuPinlu | xìng(499) xīng(164) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10253.090:xīng,xìng,xìn |
| kHKGlyph | 3373 |
| kIICore | ATJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1461.020 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10253.090 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1005.050 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-504B |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-BFB3 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-363D |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-F5B8 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7D69 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-717B |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-6441 |
| kJapanese | コウ キョウ キン おこる おこす おきる |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kJapaneseKun | OKORU OKOSU OKIRU |
| kJapaneseOn | KYOU KOU |
| kJis0 | 2229 |
| kKangXi | 1005.050 |
| kKorean | HUNG |
| kLau | 1182 1183 |
| kMandarin | xìng |
| kMatthews | 2753 |
| kMeyerWempe | 725 727 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ021338 MJ021338:E0101 MJ058419:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 30226 30226:E0101 |
| kNelson | 0615 |
| kPhonetic | 475 1407 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+1717+134.7.9 |
| kRSUnicode | 134.9 |
| kSBGY | 200.22 433.15 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+34B7<kLau,kMatthews |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "兴" U+5174 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 566.06 49.15 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | xīng粵hing1 xìng粵hing3 |
| kSpecializedSemanticVariant | U+34B7<kFenn |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 5281 |
| kTang | *xièng *xiəng |
| kTotalStrokes | 16 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | hưng |
| kXerox | 242:313 |
| kXHC1983 | 1286.051:xīng 1292.031:xìng |