漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons
幸: happiness, blessing
Also: fortune
JLPT N38 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
- 土earth(meaning)
- 𢆉(form)
土 carries the meaning · 𢆉 is drawn in
8 strokes
Small seal · Qin Today
Small seal: Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Today’s form: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Four readings, and the words that use each
コウkou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 幸運なこううんなfortunate
- 幸福なこうふくなhappy
- 不幸なふこうなunhappy
- 薄幸なはっこうなunfortunate
さいわいsaiwai · kun'yomi · on its own
- 幸いさいわいhappiness [n.], luckily [adv.]
さちsachi · kun'yomi
- 幸さちhappiness
しあわせshiawase · kun'yomi
- 幸せなしあわせなhappy
- 不幸せなふしあわせなunhappy
Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Spicy/shackles (辛) + available. Deeply ironic in its origin, it referred to being "spared" from the "spicy" shackles of fate—the defining moment of "happiness" for a survivor.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · xìng
Same form: 幸 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 幸 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 幸 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xìng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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