幸

Xing4
#900 most
frequent character
surname Xing

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

幸 first showed a dog over an upside-down arrow; the old picture stood for hoping. 犬 also gave the sound. The meaning later grew into being fortunate or lucky. In today's shape the old parts are hard to see.

Drawn as: dog over inverted arrow

幸 as a component in other characters

sound2 characters
悻圉
picture1 character
倖

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