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

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)Regular script
ModernDefinitions
Most common words with 幸
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
happiness | ||
fortunate | ||
misfortune | ||
honored (to have the privilege of ...) | ||
trusted |
Component uses
Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)
Historical pronunciation
Old Chinese | Middle Chinese | Pinyin | Gloss |
*[g]ˤreŋʔ | heangX | xìng | fortunate |
Statistics
HSK level 3
Appears in 73.9548% of movies
515th most common character in movies
902nd most common character in books
Miscellaneous
Strokes | 8 |
Unicode | U+5E78 |
Shuowen | “,吉而免凶也。从屰,从夭。夭死之事,故死謂之不。” |
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