Chinese symbol for “rising”
新兴
xīn xīng
Traditional: 新興
(of markets, industries, infectious diseases etc) rising; emerging; in the ascendant
The closest CC-CEDICT match for rising is 新兴 (xīn xīng), defined as: (of markets, industries, infectious diseases etc) rising; emerging; in the ascendant.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “rising”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 初升 | chū shēng | rising (sun, moon etc) |
| 上风 (上風) | shàng fēng | on the up; currently winning |
| 崛立 | jué lì | to tower over; rising (to a dominant position) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 新兴.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 新闻 (新聞) | xīn wén | news; 条 (tiáo) |
| 重新 | chóng xīn | again; once more; re- |
| 创新 (創新) | chuàng xīn | to bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails; innovation |
| 更新 | gēng xīn | to replace the old with new; to renew |
| 最新 | zuì xīn | latest; newest |
| 新型 | xīn xíng | new type; new kind |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “rising”.
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.