旺 (wàng): prosperous, flourishing, (of flowers) blooming
旺 (wàng) is a Chinese character meaning “prosperous.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 日 (semantic) and 王 (phonetic). It ranks #2148 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 旺 sun. Its radical form 日 (sun) appears in many related characters such as 日 (rì, sun, day), 早 (zǎo, early, morning), 时 (shí, time, hour).
Definitions
- prosperous
- flourishing
- (of flowers) blooming
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 旺盛adjective | wàng shèng | vigorous |
| 卢旺达proper-noun | lú wàng dá | Rwanda |
| 兴旺adjective | xīng wàng | prosperous |
| 旺季noun | wàng jì | busy season |
| 普罗旺斯proper-noun | pǔ luó wàng sī | Provence (south of France) |
| 兴旺发达 | xīng wàng fā dá | prosperous and developing |
| 人财两旺 | rén cái liǎng wàng | thriving |
| 普罗旺斯语 | pǔ luó wàng sī yǔ | Provençal (language) |
| 那空沙旺proper-noun | nà kōng shā wàng | Paknampho city, Thailand |
| 旺波日山 | wàng bō rì shān | Mt Wangbur, Dagzê county 達孜縣|达孜县, Lhasa, Tibet |
| 人丁兴旺 | rén dīng xīng wàng | (idiom) to be a flourishing family with many descendants |
| 阿斯旺proper-noun | ā sī wàng | Aswan (town in south Egypt) |
| 旺来 | wàng lái | (Tw) pineapple (from Taiwanese 王梨, Tai-lo pr. [ông-lâi]) |
| 许旺细胞noun | xǔ wàng xì bāo | Schwann cell (support axon of nerve cell) |
| 旺子 | wàng zi | (dialect) blood tofu (coagulated animal blood) |
旺 appears in 35 compound words: 34 as the first character, 37 as the last, and 29 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 旺 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (4)
Example Sentences
今天旺气很好，适合去公园散步。
jīn tiān wàng qì hěn hǎo , shì gě qù gōng yuán sàn bù .
Today is a great day for a walk in the park.
...众不满未有派消费券 陈茂波:多办盛事“搞旺个场”长远更具效益
. . . zhòng bù mǎn wèi yǒu pài xiāo fèi quàn chén mào bō : duō bàn shèng shì gǎo wàng gè chǎng cháng yuǎn gēng jù xiào yì
... Everyone is dissatisfied that consumption vouchers have not been distributed Chen Maobo: Holding more mega events to "make the venue prosperous" is more effective in the long run
初九天公生这时拜最旺 供品、禁忌一次看
chū jiǔ tiān gōng shēng zhè shí bài zuì wàng gōng pǐn , jīn jì yī cì kàn
On the ninth day of the first month, Gongsheng worshipped the most prosperous offerings at this time, and the taboo was seen at once
AI带旺需求...陆光通讯厂畅旺 订单排到Q4
A I dài wàng xū qiú . . . lù guāng tōng xùn hǎn chàng wàng dìng dān pái dào Q 4
AI drives demand... Luguang Communication Factory is prosperous, and orders are scheduled to Q4
马年首日上海科技馆试开放 互动展项人气最旺
mǎ nián shǒu rì shàng hǎi kē jì guǎn shì kāi fàng hù dòng zhǎn xiàng rén qì zuì wàng
On the first day of the Year of the Horse, the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum opened its trial and the interactive exhibitions were the most popular
新春走基层|拉萨:年货购销两旺 高原喜迎新年
xīn chūn zǒu jī céng lā sà : nián huò gòu xiāo liǎng wàng gāo yuán xǐ yíng xīn nián
Lhasa: The purchase and sale of New Year's goods are booming, and the plateau welcomes the New Year
现在是旅游旺季。
Xiànzài shì lǚyóu wàngjì.
Now is tourist season.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 日 (sun) component
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