Chinese symbol for “flourish”
兴盛
xīng shèng
Traditional: 興盛
to flourish; to thrive
The closest CC-CEDICT match for flourish is 兴盛 (xīng shèng), defined as: to flourish; to thrive.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “flourish”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 荟 (薈) | huì | to flourish; luxuriant growth |
| 兴 (興) | xīng | to rise; to flourish |
| 生殖 | shēng zhí | to reproduce; to flourish |
| 兴荣 (興榮) | xīng róng | to flourish; to prosper |
| 勃发 (勃發) | bó fā | to sprout up; to flourish; (of war etc) to break out; rapid growth |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 兴盛.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 兴趣 (興趣) | xìng qù | interest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby |
| 高兴 (高興) | gāo xìng | happy; glad |
| 兴奋 (興奮) | xīng fèn | excited; excitement |
| 兴建 (興建) | xīng jiàn | to build; to construct |
| 新兴 (新興) | xīn xīng | (of markets, industries, infectious diseases etc) rising; emerging |
| 兴起 (興起) | xīng qǐ | to rise; to spring up |
| 盛大 | shèng dà | grand; majestic |
| 盛行 | shèng xíng | to be in vogue; to be popular; to be prevalent |
See also: Japanese symbol for “flourish”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.