兴趣
Meaning
- interest (desire to know about sth)
- interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby
Example sentence
他还有兴趣吗？
Is he still interested?
Characters in 兴趣
- 兴 xìng interest, mood — as xīng, to rise or flourish
- 趣 qù interest, delight; a leaning
兴 here xìng, mood, plus 趣, delight. Read xīng the same character means to rouse, as in 兴奋.