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CHINESE CHARACTER

wàng

旺

旺

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prosperous

Numbered pinyin
wang4
English meanings
prosperous, flourishing, (of flowers) blooming, (of fire) roaring

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BUILDING BLOCKS

Structure & components

Left–right structure

Left–right arrangement: left 日; right 王.

Meaning & sound clues

日 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “sun”.

王 is identified as the sound component (wáng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 旺.

This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.

Decomposition reference

⿰日王

Source: Make Me a Hanzi (LGPL-3.0-or-later)
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Homophones

Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.

Example sentences

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  1. 01

    shēngyi生意hěn很wàng旺。

    Booming business.

  2. 02

    rénqì人气wàngshèng旺盛。

    Very popular.

  3. 03

    cái财yuán源guǎng广jìn进。

    Money rolling in.

  4. 04

    zhēng蒸zhēng蒸rì日shàng上。

    Thriving.

  5. 05

    hóng红hónghuo红火huǒ火。

    Prosperous.

  6. 06

    guǎng广shòu受huānyíng欢迎。

    Well received.

Explore words connected to this character.

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