흥

흥

Korean

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key)[xɯŋ]
• Phonetic Hangul[흥]

Revised Romanization? heung Revised Romanization (translit.)? heung McCune–Reischauer? hŭng Yale Romanization? hung

Etymology 1

흐흑흒흓흔흕흖 흗흘흙흚흛흜흝 흞흟흠흡흢흣흤 흥흦흧흨흩흪흫
휴 ←	→ 희

Syllable

흥 • (heung)

1. A Hangul syllabic block made up of ㅎ, ㅡ, and ㅇ.

Etymology 2

Sino-Korean word from 興

Noun

흥 • (heung) (hanja 興)

1. (only used in compounds) thriving; flourishing

Derived terms

• 감흥 (感興, gamheung)
• 순흥 (順興, Sunheung, “Sunhung”)
• 여흥 (餘興, yeoheung)
• 중흥 (中興, jungheung)
• 함흥 (咸興, Hamheung, “Hamhung”)
• 흥륭 (興隆, heungnyung)
• 흥미 (興味, heungmi)
• 흥분 (興奮, heungbun)
• 흥행 (興行, heunghaeng)

 

References

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin-guk daebeobwon) (2015). Table of Hanja for Personal Names (인명용한자표, inmyeong-yonghanjapyo).