Chinese symbol for “prosperous”
繁荣
fán róng
Traditional: 繁榮
prosperous; booming
The closest CC-CEDICT match for prosperous is 繁荣 (fán róng), defined as: prosperous; booming.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “prosperous”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 富裕 | fù yù | prosperous; well-to-do; well-off |
| 旺 | wàng | prosperous; flourishing |
| 亨 | hēng | prosperous; henry (unit of inductance) |
| 兴旺 (興旺) | xīng wàng | prosperous; thriving |
| 昌 | chāng | (bound form) prosperous; flourishing |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 繁荣.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 频繁 (頻繁) | pín fán | frequently; often |
| 繁殖 | fán zhí | to breed; to reproduce |
| 繁忙 | fán máng | busy; bustling |
| 繁华 (繁華) | fán huá | flourishing; bustling |
| 繁多 | fán duō | many and varied; of many different kinds |
| 荣誉 (榮譽) | róng yù | honor; credit |
| 荣耀 (榮耀) | róng yào | honor; glory |
| 光荣 (光榮) | guāng róng | honor and glory; glorious |
See also: Japanese symbol for “prosperous”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.