Character Contained In References Comments
Simplified Traditional Ancient forms Archaic forms
traditional form

Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
曰 日 ⿱日日
Mandarin
chang1, chang4
English
Definitions
prosperous; flourish; good; light of sun; proper
Mnemonic
To speak 曰 brightly like the sun 日
Etymology
Notes
This character is closely related to 曰; originally it was a mouth 口 with something round in it; later this object was changed to sun 日; perhaps the original meaning is now 唱