Amazing Chinese Characters (398) Prosperous - 昌

 The shell bone script of character Prosperous is

The top is Sun - 日(Post 4), the bottom is Say - 曰 (Post 341). It is disputable on what the character means.

More people agree that it means Talking the Sun, believe that the ancient people worshipped the sun with compliments, wish the sun would bring them a bright future, and make them to be prosperous. 

I agree.

The big seal script of the character is

The top is the Sun, the bottom is Say which is so big that it takes the sun in the mouth, probably it means that people say overwhelmingly compliments to the sun, trying to get the best future.

The small seal script of the character it

The top is the Sun, the bottom is Say.

The clerical script of the character is

Similarly, the top is the Sun, the bottom is the Say.

The song typeface of the character is

昌

Same as the clerical script.

Its Pinyin is Chang1.