(xìng) - fortunate; lucky; happy (bound morpheme) in Mandarin
xìngTraditional: 幸
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Translation
fortunate; lucky; happy (bound morpheme)
Word origin
An ideographic character whose ancient form is read as a symbol of escaping misfortune, from which came the sense of good luck, fortune and happiness.
- Origin
- ideographic
- Root
- early graph signifying escape from harm, giving good fortune
Stroke order
幸
Examples
。
I hope you are happy.
，。
He's very lucky to have found a good job.
偶。
Happiness isn't accidental.
。
Fortunately he was not hurt.
。
She lives very happily.
幸 (xìng) is a bound morpheme meaning fortunate or happy, found in 幸福 (xìng fú) "happiness" and 幸运 (xìng yùn) "lucky".
Appears in 4 words
Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 幸.
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