幸
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trusted; intimate; (of the emperor) to visit; variant of 幸[xing4]
- HSK 3.0
- Level 3
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 干 +5
- Structure
- Top–bottom 上下
- Traditional
- 幸
- Common rank
- #1,541
- Unicode
- U+5E78
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 幸
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 三生有幸 | the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom); (courteous language) it's my good fortune... | |
| 不幸之事 | mishap | |
| 不幸言中 | to turn out just as one predicted or feared | |
| 幸运儿 | winner; lucky guy; person who always gets good breaks | |
| 幸运曲奇 | fortune cookie | |
| 幸福学 | eudemonics; hedonomics | |
| 幸运信 | chain letter | |
| 幸运饼干 | fortune cookie | |
| 不幸 | misfortune; adversity; unfortunate; sad; unfortunately; CL:個|个[ge4] | |
| 幸存者 | survivor | |
| 天幸 | providential good luck; a narrow escape | |
| 有幸 | fortunately | |
| 不幸之幸 | a fortune in misfortune; a positive in the negative | |
| 幸会 | nice to meet you | |
| 幸事 | sth fortunate; a lucky chance | |
| 幸运 | fortunate; lucky; good fortune; luck | |
| 幸好 | fortunately | |
| 幸而 | by good fortune; luckily | |
| 幸进 | to get through by luck; to be promoted by a fluke | |
| 所幸 | fortunately (formal writing) |
Sound family
These characters use 幸 as their sound component — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 幸 sound part | favor, fortune, luck; surname | |
| 圉 | stable, fence, corral; frontier, border | |
| 悻 | anger, frustration |