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prosperous

On-Yomi: ショウ — Kun-Yomi: さかん

Koohii stories:

1) [atomiton] 25-9-2006(469): If you work from Sun UP to Sun DOWN you will be prosperous.

2) [cutiehuni] 14-2-2009(76): I kept getting this mixed up with meanings like 'fortune', so here is a fool proof story! Remember the Vulcan salute from 'Star Trek' (a fiction of the sci-fi genre in which heavenly bodies such as SUNS play a huge role) used with the phrase 'live long and PROSPER'? If that's not enough of a visual reminder, the Vulcan salute shows the fingers parted in to 2 sets of 2, and visually kind of looks like this kanji if you think about it.

3) [ladymcBeth] 27-8-2007(38): When you are prosperous, your gold shines as brightly as two suns.

4) [Zantonio69] 4-2-2008(22): The Egyptians were prosperous because every two days, they worshiped the sun god at the sun pyramid. (Thanks for the idea adhmm, for a while I have had trouble remembering which sun is biggest. Got it now!).

5) [ruschein] 4-1-2009(19): If you work from sun up to sun down you will be prosperous.

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