旺 wàng HSK6 prosper Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Phonosemantic compound. 日 represents the meaning and 王 represents the sound. Components 日 日 Meaning component rì sun 王 王 Sound component wáng king Character Evolution Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD Regular Modern ▼ More ▲ Less Historical Pronunciations Old ChineseZhengzhangɢʷaŋs Sources Readings & variants Unicode Historical pronunciations Zhengzhang Shangfang Historical images Academia Sinica