Dong Chinese dictionary

xìng

fortunate

Fortune (幸) is the opposite (屰) of misfortune (夭).

Components

夭 Meaning component

yāo

die young

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 夭 than it was in ancient scripts.

屰 Meaning component

nì

disobedient

Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 屰 than it was in ancient scripts.

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

幸

xìng

luck(ily), favor, fortunately; fortunate; lucky

幸

Xìng

surname Xing

幸 (倖)

xìng

trusted; intimate; (of the emperor) to visit; variant of 幸[xìng]

Most common words with 幸

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	幸福	happiness
	幸运	fortunate
	不幸	misfortune
	荣幸	honored (to have the privilege of ...)
	幸	trusted

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

倖

Sound component in 3 characters (1 verified)

Sources

MTSU Chinese text computing

漢語多功能字庫

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