幸

xìng
#900 most
frequent character
fortunate, lucky

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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Same Characters, Different Readings

幸xìng
trusted, intimate, (of the emperor) to visit
幸Xing4
surname Xing

Homophones

HSK 2
姓xìng
family name, surname, name
性xìng
as a suffix (positivity)
兴xìng
feeling or desire to do sth

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