旺 (wàng) — flourishing, vigorous, thriving

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TSUMUGU · C1 (est.) · 字

旺 character · C1 (est.)

旺＝日＋王

ㄨㄤˋ · wàng

adj — flourishing, vigorous, thriving

字源 FORM — what the parts do

日義the sun — light at full strength

王聲wáng — gives the sound

Twáng → wàng

Sunlight (日) at full strength — blazing, thriving. 王 wáng carries the sound, the tone tipped to wàng. From the blaze comes everything at its peak: 旺盛、興旺.

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

正午的太陽（日）燒得最亮，連影子都縮成一小團。

The noon sun (日) burns at its brightest, the shadows shrunk to nothing.

字源記憶法

意 · Meanings

(本義)旺盛— flourishing, vigorous常用

→興旺— to thrive, prosper

⇒旺季— peak season

(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension