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• Growth and Prosperity: To flourish, thrive, or prosper (e.g., a family, state, or business).
• Initiation: To begin, launch, or set in motion (e.g., initiating a project or declaring war).
• Rousing: To wake someone from sleep or to stir someone from inertia/stasis.
• Internal State: Mood, spirit, whim; a sudden surge of interest, excitement, or emotional stirring.

• Intransitive Verb: To flourish, to rise.
• Transitive Verb: To rouse (a person), to initiate/launch (an action).
• Noun/Adjective: Referring to a state of prosperity or a specific mood/inclination.

// External vs. Internal: The glyph distinguishes between external movement, initiation, and growth (associated with the reading //xīng//) and internal psychological arousal or impulse (associated with the reading //xìng*).

// Poetic Evocation: In early lyric poetry (notably the //Shi Jing//), it refers to a specific literary technique (//xing*) where an initial image of nature or observation is used to evoke a mood or indirectly introduce the subject.

• Semantic variant: U+34B7.
• Simplified variant: 兴 (U+5174).

When translating, distinguish between economic/political prosperity (flourishing), procedural start (initiation), and psychological state (impulse/mood). In poetic contexts, prioritize "evocation" over "prosperity."