旺

旺 U+65FA, 旺 ← 旹[U+65F9] CJK Unified Ideographs 旻 →[U+65FB]

旺 (Kangxi radical 72, 日+4, 8 strokes, Cangjie input 日一土 (AMG), four-corner 61014, composition ⿰日王)

• 𣶪, 𦁽

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 490, character 24
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13774
• Dae Jaweon: page 851, character 24
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1488, character 4
• Unihan data for U+65FA

Simplified form of the original 暀, a phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɢʷaŋs): semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 往 (OC *ɢʷaŋ).

The current form is reanalyzed as a phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *ɢʷaŋs): semantic 日 (“sun”) + phonetic 王 (OC *ɢʷaŋ, *ɢʷaŋs).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

simp. and trad. 旺 alternative forms 暀／𣈧／𣇭 original𫞂

旺

1. (usually of fire) blazing, fierce
2. prosperous, flourishing, vigorous 人氣很旺／人气很旺 ― rénqì hěn wàng ― to enjoy great popularity
3. to make prosperous
4. (Beijing and Northeastern Mandarin) abundant, plentiful
5. (Cantonese, Pinghua, dialectal Hakka) bustling; filled with activity 旺過旺角／旺过旺角 [Cantonese] ― wong6 gwo3 wong6 gok3 [Jyutping] ― busier than Mong Kok
6. (Hokkien) resonant, loud
7. a surname, Wang

simp. and trad. 旺 alternative forms 諹／𰵌攘穰

旺

1. (Gan, Meixian Hakka) bustling; filled with activity

• Institute of Linguistics, CASS, editor (2016), “旺”, in 现代汉语词典 [Xiandai Hanyu Cidian], seventh edition, Beijing: The Commercial Press, →ISBN.
• “旺”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01778
• 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986-1994), “旺”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN

(Jōyō kanji)

1. prosperous, flourishing, vigorous
2. beautiful; to shine beautifully

• Go-on: おう (ō, Jōyō)←わう (wau, historical)
• Kan-on: おう (ō, Jōyō)←わう (wau, historical)
• Kun: うつくしい (utsukushii, 旺い)、かがやき (kagayaki, 旺き)、さかん (sakan, 旺ん)

Kanji in this term 旺 おうGrade: S on’yomi

/wau/ → /wɔː/ → */woː/ → /oː/

From Middle Chinese 旺 (MC hjwangH).

旺(おう) • (Ō) ←わう (Wau)?

1. a male given name

• “旺”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015-2026

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [wa̠ŋ]
• Phonetic hangul: [왕]

旺 (eumhun 왕성할 왕 (wangseonghal wang))

1. flourishing, vigorous
2. beautiful, pretty
3. solar halo

旺: Hán Việt readings: vượng[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] 旺: Nôm readings: vướng[1]

1. chữ Hán form of vượng (“to flourish; blazing; Wang (surname)”)
2. chữ Nôm form of vướng (“to get caught, snag”)