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幸

See also: 倖, 㚔, 羍, and 辛
幸 U+5E78, 幸
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5E78
← 幷
[U+5E77] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 幹 →
[U+5E79]

Translingual

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Han character

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

Derived characters

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References

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

Chinese

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Glyph origin

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Characters in the same phonetic series (幸) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
幸 *ɡreːŋʔ
倖 *ɡreːŋʔ
婞 *ɡeːŋʔ
涬 *ɡeːŋʔ
緈 *ɡeːŋʔ
悻 *ɡeːŋʔ
睪 *neb, *laːɡ, *kuː

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *ɡreːŋʔ) : phonetic 犬 (OC *kʰʷeːnʔ) + semantic 羊. Original meaning is unclear. 羊 often appears as a component with a positive meaning. See 祥, 善 and 義.

Shuowen interprets it as an ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 屰 (“opposite”) + 夭 (“death”) – lucky to be alive; fortunate.

Etymology 1

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simp. and trad.
 幸

Pronunciation

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  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 幸
Mandarin Beijing /ɕiŋ⁵¹/
Harbin /ɕiŋ⁵³/
Tianjin /ɕiŋ⁵³/
Jinan /ɕiŋ²¹/
Qingdao /ɕiŋ⁴²/
Zhengzhou /ɕiŋ³¹²/
Xi'an /ɕiŋ⁴⁴/
Xining /ɕiə̃²¹³/
Yinchuan /ɕiŋ¹³/
Lanzhou /ɕĩn¹³/
Ürümqi /ɕiŋ²¹³/
Wuhan /ɕin³⁵/
Chengdu /ɕin¹³/
Guiyang /ɕin²¹³/
Kunming /ɕĩ¹/
Nanjing /ɕin⁴⁴/
Hefei /ɕin⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /ɕiəŋ⁴⁵/
Pingyao /ɕiŋ³⁵/
Hohhot /ɕĩŋ⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /ɦiŋ²³/
Suzhou /ɦin³¹/
Hangzhou /ɦin¹³/
Wenzhou /ɦɛ³⁵/
Hui Shexian /ɕiʌ̃²²/
Tunxi /xɛ²⁴/
Xiang Changsha /ɕin⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /ɕin⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /ɕin²¹/
Hakka Meixian /hen⁵³/
Taoyuan
Cantonese Guangzhou /hɐŋ²²/
Nanning /hɐŋ²²/
Hong Kong /hɐŋ²²/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /hiŋ²²/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /hɛiŋ²⁴²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /xaiŋ⁴⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /heŋ³⁵/
Haikou (Hainanese) /heŋ³³/
Rime
Character 幸
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 耕 (117)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 胡耿切
Baxter heangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦˠɛŋX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦᵚæŋX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣɐŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦəɨjŋX/
Li
Rong 		/ɣɛŋX/
Wang
Li 		/ɣæŋX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ɣæŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		hèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hang6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 幸
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xìng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ hɛngX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[ɡ]ˁreŋʔ/
English fortunate

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 幸
Reading # 1/1
No. 13881
Phonetic
component 		幸
Rime
group 		耕
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		幸
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡreːŋʔ/

Definitions

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幸

  1. by fluke; lucky
    alt. forms: 倖／幸 (xìng)
  2. fortunate; lucky
    三生有幸  ―  sānshēngyǒuxìng  ―  to be very lucky
  3. luckily; fortunately
  4. to rejoice
    幸災樂禍／幸灾乐祸  ―  xìngzāilèhuò  ―  to be gratified by others' misfortunes
  5. (literary) to hope; to wish
  6. (historical, of an emperor) to personally visit
  7. (literary) to favour; to dote on
  8. a surname
Synonyms
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  • (to hope):

Compounds

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (幸):
  • → Japanese: 幸(こう) (kō)
  • → Korean: 행(幸) (haeng)
  • → Vietnamese: hạnh (幸)

Etymology 2

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For pronunciation and definitions of 幸 – see 倖 (“to favor; to dote on; by fluke or chance; etc.”).
(This character is the simplified form of 倖).
Notes:

Etymology 3

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For pronunciation and definitions of 幸 – see 㚔.
(This character is a variant form of 㚔).

References

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  • 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “幸”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 265.

Japanese

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Kanji

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幸

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

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Compounds

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
幸
こう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

/kau/ → /kɔː/ → /koː/

From Middle Chinese 幸 (hɛngX, literally “lucky, fortunate, auspicious”). The kan'on, so a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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幸(こう) • (kō) 

  1. good luck, good fortune; happiness
  2. an appearance by the emperor or a retired emperor
Usage notes
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The good fortune and happiness senses are generally considered as overlapping.

Synonyms
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Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
幸
しあわせ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 幸 – see the following entry.
【幸しあわせ】
[adjective] happy
[adjective] fortunate, lucky
[noun] a moment when circumstances come together: fate, opportunity (used to indicate both good and bad instances)
[noun] happiness
[noun] good fortune, good luck
[noun] circumstances, the flow of events
Alternative spellings
仕合せ, 仕合わせ, 倖せ
(This term, 幸, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
幸
さいわい
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

/sakipapi/ → /sakiɸaɸi/ → /sakiwahi/ → /sakiwai/ → /saiwai/

Derived from sakiwai below.[2][1]

More often spelled as 幸い with the final い to indicate the reading.

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Adjective

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幸(さいわい) • (saiwai) ←さいはひ (saifafi)?-na (adnominal 幸(さいわい)な (saiwai na), adverbial 幸(さいわい)に (saiwai ni))

  1. very fortunate and happy, especially as bestowed by gods, spirits, buddhas, or other entities
  2. favorable, ideal (often used in polite constructions)
    お返(へん)事(じ)をいただければ幸(さいわ)いです。
    O-henji o itadakereba saiwai desu.
    It would be favorable if I could have your reply. → I would greatly appreciate your reply.
Conjugation
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Inflection of 幸
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 幸だろ さいわいだろ saiwai daro
Continuative (連用形) 幸で さいわいで saiwai de
Terminal (終止形) 幸だ さいわいだ saiwai da
Attributive (連体形) 幸な さいわいな saiwai na
Hypothetical (仮定形) 幸なら さいわいなら saiwai nara
Imperative (命令形) 幸であれ さいわいであれ saiwai de are
Key constructions
Informal negative 幸ではない
幸じゃない 		さいわいではない
さいわいじゃない 		saiwai de wa nai
saiwai ja nai
Informal past 幸だった さいわいだった saiwai datta
Informal negative past 幸ではなかった
幸じゃなかった 		さいわいではなかった
さいわいじゃなかった 		saiwai de wa nakatta
saiwai ja nakatta
Formal 幸です さいわいです saiwai desu
Formal negative 幸ではありません
幸じゃありません 		さいわいではありません
さいわいじゃありません 		saiwai de wa arimasen
saiwai ja arimasen
Formal past 幸でした さいわいでした saiwai deshita
Formal negative past 幸ではありませんでした
幸じゃありませんでした 		さいわいではありませんでした
さいわいじゃありませんでした 		saiwai de wa arimasen deshita
saiwai ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive 幸で さいわいで saiwai de
Conditional 幸なら（ば） さいわいなら（ば） saiwai nara (ba)
Provisional 幸だったら さいわいだったら saiwai dattara
Volitional 幸だろう さいわいだろう saiwai darō
Adverbial 幸に さいわいに saiwai ni
Degree 幸さ さいわいさ saiwaisa

Adverb

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幸(さいわい) • (saiwai) ←さいはひ (saifafi)?

  1. fortunately, luckily, happily
    幸(さいわい)、怪我(けが)はなかった。
    Saiwai, kega wa nakatta.
    Luckily, no one was hurt.
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When used as an adverb without a particle, this term usually comes at the start of the sentence. It also appears used with advervial particles に (ni) and と (to), or, perhaps more commonly, in an adverbial construction as 幸なことに.

Noun

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幸(さいわい) • (saiwai) ←さいはひ (saifafi)?

  1. very good fortune and happiness, especially as bestowed by gods, spirits, buddhas, or other entities
  2. an occurrence of good luck or good fortune
  3. (derivation unknown) the tail and back fins of a carp or other fish, as used in cooking
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Etymology 4

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Kanji in this term
幸
さきわい
Grade: 3
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
幸い

/sakipapi/ → /sakiɸaɸi/ → /sakiwahi/ → /sakiwai/

The 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 幸(さきわ)う (sakiwau, “to meet with good fortune; to prosper”), itself a compound of 幸(さき) (saki, “good fortune, happiness”) + 這(は)う (hau), 延(は)う (hau, “to spread out widely”).[2]

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Noun

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幸(さきわい) • (sakiwai) ←さきはひ (sakifafi)?

  1. (obsolete) an occurrence of good luck or good fortune
  2. (obsolete) good luck or good fortune itself
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Obsolete in modern Japanese, replaced by saiwai above.

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Etymology 5

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Kanji in this term
幸
さき
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese.[2] Possibly cognate with 先 (saki, “tip, point; future, ahead”) from the idea of [favorable] future. Possibly also related to sachi / satsu below.

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Noun

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幸(さき) • (saki) 

  1. (obsolete) good luck, good fortune; happiness
    • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 18, poem 4095:
      大夫能 許己呂於毛保由 於保伎美能 美許登佐吉乎 聞者多布刀美
      大夫の 心思ほゆ 大君の 御言の幸を 聞けば貴み
      ますらをの こころおもほゆ おほきみの みことのさきを きけばたふとみ
      Masurawo no | kokoro omohoyu | Ohokimi no | mikoto no saki wo | kikeba tafutomi
      “Such manliness of spirit is brought to mind. How noble to hear of the happiness / good fortune of the words of the emperor...”
Usage notes
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The good fortune and happiness senses are generally considered as overlapping.

Saki in this sense appears to be obsolete in modern Japanese.

Synonyms
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Etymology 6

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Kanji in this term
幸
さちわい
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

/sat͡ɕipapi/ → /sat͡ɕiɸaɸi/ → /sat͡ɕiwahi/ → /sat͡ɕiwai/

The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 幸う (sachiwau, “to meet with good fortune; to prosper”), itself a compound of 幸 (sachi below, “good fortune, happiness”) + 這う, 延う (hau, “to spread out widely”).[2]

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [sa̠t͡ɕiβ̞a̠i]

Noun

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幸(さちわい) • (sachiwai) ←さちはひ (satifafi)?

  1. (obsolete, rare) an occurrence of good luck or good fortune
  2. (obsolete, rare) good luck or good fortune itself
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Obsolete in modern Japanese, replaced by saiwai above. In historical Japanese, sachiwai appears to be a rarer variant of sakiwai above.

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Etymology 7

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Kanji in this term
幸
さち
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese.[2] Possibly cognate with Korean 살 (sal, “arrow”). Possibly also related with saki above.

The kanji may have originally been applied to this word for the source Chinese term's associations with good fortune.

This is the standalone form of satsu below.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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幸(さち) • (sachi) -na (adnominal 幸(さち)な (sachi na), adverbial 幸(さち)に (sachi ni))

  1. very fortunate and happy
Inflection
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Inflection of 幸
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形) 幸だろ さちだろ sachi daro
Continuative (連用形) 幸で さちで sachi de
Terminal (終止形) 幸だ さちだ sachi da
Attributive (連体形) 幸な さちな sachi na
Hypothetical (仮定形) 幸なら さちなら sachi nara
Imperative (命令形) 幸であれ さちであれ sachi de are
Key constructions
Informal negative 幸ではない
幸じゃない 		さちではない
さちじゃない 		sachi de wa nai
sachi ja nai
Informal past 幸だった さちだった sachi datta
Informal negative past 幸ではなかった
幸じゃなかった 		さちではなかった
さちじゃなかった 		sachi de wa nakatta
sachi ja nakatta
Formal 幸です さちです sachi desu
Formal negative 幸ではありません
幸じゃありません 		さちではありません
さちじゃありません 		sachi de wa arimasen
sachi ja arimasen
Formal past 幸でした さちでした sachi deshita
Formal negative past 幸ではありませんでした
幸じゃありませんでした 		さちではありませんでした
さちじゃありませんでした 		sachi de wa arimasen deshita
sachi ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive 幸で さちで sachi de
Conditional 幸なら（ば） さちなら（ば） sachi nara (ba)
Provisional 幸だったら さちだったら sachi dattara
Volitional 幸だろう さちだろう sachi darō
Adverbial 幸に さちに sachi ni
Degree 幸さ さちさ sachisa

Noun

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幸(さち) • (sachi) 

  1. (archaic) a hunting implement; the spirit of a hunting implement
  2. a bounteous catch (for fishing), amply caught game (for hunting); food (specifically animal protein caught in the wild: fish or game)
  3. good fortune, good luck; happiness

Derived terms

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Etymology 8

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Kanji in this term
幸
さつ
Grade: 3
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese.[2] Possibly cognate with Korean 살 (sal, “arrow”). Possibly also related with saki above.

The kanji may have originally been applied to this word for the source Chinese term's associations with good fortune.

This is the bound form of sachi above. This form is only ever used in compounds. Possibly the original form.

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Pronunciation

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Prefix

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幸(さつ) • (satsu-) 

  1. (obsolete) hunting, for hunting
    幸(さつ)矢(や)、幸(さつ)弓(ゆみ)、幸(さつ)人(ひと)
    satsuya, satsuyumi, satsuhito
    a hunting arrow, a hunting bow, a hunter

References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja

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幸 (eumhun 다행 행 (dahaeng haeng))

  1. hanja form? of 행 (“fortune; good luck”)

Vietnamese

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Han character

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幸: Hán Nôm readings: hạnh, may

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