The kanji 幸: meaning, readings and stroke order

幸

Meaning: happiness, luck
On reading: コウ kou
Kun reading: さいわ（い） saiwai、さち sachi、しあわ（せ） shiawase
Strokes: 8
Radical: 干 pestle
Level: Level 3 · grade 3

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: hạnh phúc, may mắn (hạnh)
Japanese: しあわせ。
Korean: 행복, 행운 (행)
Chinese: 幸福、幸运

Readings, words and example sentences

コウ kou · on reading

幸こう運うん
good luck
今日は 幸こう運うんな一日でした。
Today was a lucky day.

さいわ（い） saiwai · kun reading

幸さいわい
luckily, fortunately
幸さいわい けがはありませんでした。
Luckily, nobody got hurt.

さち sachi · kun reading · less common

幸さち
good things from nature (like food)
海の 幸さちをおいしく食べます。
We enjoy tasty seafood.

しあわ（せ） shiawase · kun reading

幸しあわせ
happy, happiness
家族といっしょで 幸しあわせです。
I am happy to be with my family.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.