幸

See also: 倖, 㚔, 羍, and 辛

Translingual

Etymology

Pictogram (象形) a picture of handcuffs.

幸 is used to represent handcuffs in 報.

An other theory consider it as a picture of two men, one being upside down, thus dead. The surviving one being lucky to be still alive.

References

• Richard Sears, "幸 etymology" (in Mandarin/English), Chinese Etymology. URL accessed on 2014-02-22.

Han character

幸 (radical 51 干+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 土廿十 (GTJ), four-corner 4040₁, composition ⿱土⿱丷干)

1. luck, luckily
2. favor, favour
3. fortunately

Derived characters

• 倖 執 婞 睪

References

• KangXi: page 341, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9176
• Dae Jaweon: page 649, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 434, character 8
• Unihan data for U+5E78

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Cantonese

Hanzi

幸 (Jyutping hang6, Yale hang6)

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Japanese

Kanji

幸

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: ぎょう (gyō), from ぎゃう
• Kan’on: こう (kō), from かう
• Kun: さいわい (saiwai), しあわせ (shiawase), さち (sachi)
• Nanori: ゆき (yuki)

Compounds

• 射幸心
• 薄幸

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Korean

Hanja

幸 (haeng) (hangeul 행, revised haeng, McCune-Reischauer haeng)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

幸 (Pinyin xìng (xing4), niè (nie4), Wade-Giles hsing⁴, nie⁴)

Verb

幸 (simplified, Pinyin xìng, traditional 倖)

1. (of the emperor) to visit, to inspect

Adjective

幸 (simplified, Pinyin xìng, traditional 倖)

1. trusted, intimate
2. fortunate, lucky

幸 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin xìng)

1. fortunate, lucky

Proper noun

幸 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin xìng)

1. a Chinese surname

Compounds

• 不幸
• 幸福
• 幸事
• 幸运

References

• "幸" (in Mandarin/English), MDBG English to Chinese dictionary ( Based on CC-CEDICT ). URL accessed on 2014-02-18.

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Middle Chinese

Han character

幸 (hɛ̌ng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

幸 (hạnh, may)