幸

Information about character(s)

Radical: 干
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 8
Variants: 倖囟

Pronunciation

Pinyin: xìng, niè
Cantonese: hang6
JapaneseKun: SAIWAI SHIAWASE SACHI
JapaneseOn: KOU
Korean: HAYNG

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: luck(ily), favor, fortunately

CE-Dict: fortunate/lucky

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.good luck
2.lucky; fortunate
3.to dote on; to spoil

1.good fortune
2.to feel joy for
3.fortunately

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: favour; good fortune; luckily; rejoice

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: favour; good fortune; luckily; rejoice

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《幸部》幸所以驚人也。从大从𢆉。一曰大聲也。凡幸之屬皆从幸。一曰讀若瓠。一曰俗語以盜不止為幸，幸讀若籋。

康熙字典文字版 【寅集下】【干字部】幸
〔古文〕㚔𠂷【唐韻】胡耿切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】下耿切，𠀤音倖。【說文】本作𡴘。吉而免凶也。【前漢·高帝紀】願大王以幸天下。【註】晉灼曰：臣民被其德，以爲徼倖也。師古曰：幸者，可慶倖也。故福善之事皆稱爲幸。　又【小爾雅】非分而得曰幸。【增韻】非所當得而得，與不可免而免曰幸。【論語】罔之生也，幸而免。【中庸】小人行險以徼幸。【晉語】德不純，而福祿𠀤至，謂之幸。【荀子·富國篇】朝無幸位，民無幸生。　又冀也。【禮·檀弓】幸而至於旦。【註】幸，覬也。　又【玉篇】幸天子所至也。【蔡邕·獨斷】天子車駕所至，見令長三老官屬，親臨軒作樂，賜以食帛，民爵有級，或賜田租，故謂之幸。　又【玉篇】幸，御所親愛也。【前漢·佞幸傳】但以　媚貴幸。　又姓。【萬姓統譜】望出鴈門，晉有幸靈。唐有幸南容，貞元中進士。宋有幸元龍，嘉泰初進士。　又【韻補】古叶散。【易林】疾貧望幸，使伯行販。　【韻會】或作𠂷。【篇海】或作𢆎。𠂷字原作夭下糸。

Japanese Places Saiwai (loc)

CF-Dict: heureusement/ bonheur/honneur