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Kar Hing name meaning

  • 家兴home, family; to rise, to prosper
  • 嘉興excellent, good; to rise, to prosper
  • 家慶home, family; to celebrate, good fortune
Letters
7
Syllables
2
First letter
K
Romanization
Cantonese
Character options
3
Gender
♂ Boy
  • Chinese characters家兴嘉興家慶
1

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata carry the name Kar Hing

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Chinese Names: K

Kar Hing is a Chinese boy's name spelled from Cantonese; written 家兴 it means 'family; to prosper', but the meaning depends on the characters chosen.

Chinese characters for Kar Hing

This spelling is common in Cantonese romanization.

  • 家兴

    home, family; to rise, to prosper

    Cantonese gaa1 hing1 / Mandarin jiā xīng

    attested

  • 嘉興

    excellent, good; to rise, to prosper

    Cantonese gaa1 hing1 / Mandarin jiā xīng

  • 家慶

    home, family; to celebrate, good fortune

    Cantonese gaa1 hing3 / Mandarin jiā qìng

One spelling can stand for several characters. The meaning of a name depends on the characters the family chose; characters marked “attested” are found in records of real names.

About the name Kar Hing

Kar Hing is a Chinese boy's name spelled from Cantonese; Kar renders the sound gaa1 of 家 'home, family' or 嘉 'excellent'. Hing stands for 兴 (興) 'to rise, to prosper' (hing1) or 慶 'to celebrate' (hing3). The characters 家兴 are recorded for Malaysians with this spelling. The actual meaning depends on the characters the family chose.

Gender♂ Boy
RomanizationCantonese
PartsKar + Hing
First letterChinese Names starting with K

Character pages

Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 家 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. Wiktionary: 兴 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Wiktionary: 興 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: 嘉 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  5. Wiktionary: 慶 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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