幸 (xìng): trusted, intimate, (of the emperor) to visit
幸 (xìng) is a Chinese character meaning “trusted.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 土 (structural), 丷 (structural) and 干 (structural). It ranks #902 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 幸 two men, one alive 土 and one dead 干; the living one is lucky. Its radical form 干 (dry) appears in many related characters such as 干 (gān, dry), 年 (nián, year), 平 (píng, flat).
Definitions
- trusted
- intimate
- (of the emperor) to visit
Etymology & Origin
ideographicTwo men, one alive 土 and one dead 干; the living one is lucky
Decomposition: ⿱土⿱丷干 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 幸
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning | HSK |
|---|---|---|---|
| 幸运noun/adjective | xìng yùn | fortunate | 5 |
| 不幸adjective/noun | bù xìng | misfortune | 5 |
| 幸福noun/adjective | xìng fú | happiness | 4 |
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 荣幸verb | róng xìng | honored (to have the privilege of ...) |
| 幸存者noun | xìng cún zhě | survivor |
| 幸好adverb | xìng hǎo | fortunately |
| 庆幸verb | qìng xìng | to rejoice |
| 幸存verb | xìng cún | to survive (a disaster) |
| 有幸adjective | yǒu xìng | fortunately |
| 侥幸 | jiǎo xìng | luckily |
| 幸亏adverb | xìng kuī | fortunately |
| 幸免verb | xìng miǎn | to avoid (an unpleasant fate) |
| 幸运儿noun | xìng yùn ér | winner |
| 幸灾乐祸phrase | xìng zāi lè huò | lit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom) |
| 幸事noun | xìng shì | sth fortunate |
| 三生有幸phrase | sān shēng yǒu xìng | the blessing of three lifetimes (idiom) |
| 万幸adjective | wàn xìng | very lucky indeed |
| 幸会interjection | xìng huì | nice to meet you |
幸 appears in 43 compound words: 49 as the first character, 37 as the last, and 14 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 幸 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (3)
Example Sentences
写好幸字需要掌握正确的笔画顺序。
xiě hǎo xìng zì xū yāo zhǎng wò zhēng què de bǐ huà shùn xù .
To write the character "幸" correctly, one must master the proper stroke order.
幸福鲜奶周新北学生超商兑换鲜奶 刘和然化身...
xìng fú xiān nǎi zhōu xīn běi xué shēng chāo shāng duì huàn xiān nǎi liú hé rán huà shēn . . .
Happy Fresh Milk Week New Taipei Student Supermarket Exchange Fresh Milk Liu Heran Incarnates...
诗巫肥料罗里追尾油槽罗里 乘客不幸丧命 两人受伤
shī wū féi liào luó lǐ zhuī wěi yóu cáo luó lǐ chéng kè bù xìng sāng mìng liǎng rén shòu shāng
Sibu Fertilizer Rory rear-ended the oil tank Rory, the passenger was killed, and two others were injured
守护儿少性侵案幸存者 宪法法庭3月2日开说明会
shǒu hù ér shǎo xìng qīn àn xìng cún zhě xiàn fǎ fǎ tíng 3 yuè 2 rì kāi shuō míng huì
Protecting Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse The Constitutional Court held a briefing on March 2
东方日报C1:倪乐琳幸保财色 心郁改名转运
dōng fāng rì bào C 1 : 倪 lè 琳 xìng bǎo cái sè xīn yù gǎi míng zhuǎn yùn
Oriental Daily C1: Ni Lelin is lucky to protect her wealth and change her name to transfer
赤柱Tesla自炒撼栏 车头铲上行人路幸无伤
chì zhù T e s l a zì chǎo hàn lán chē tóu chǎn shàng háng rén lù xìng wú shāng
Stanley Tesla shook the railing with the front of the car shoveling on the sidewalk, but fortunately, there were no injuries
战争不会使任何人幸福。
Zhànzhēng bù huì shǐ rènhé rén xìngfú.
War doesn't make anybody happy.
那件不幸的事故使他自杀身亡。
Nà jiàn bù xìng de shìgù shǐ tā zìshā shēnwáng.
The unhappy event made him put an end to himself.
当幸福来敲门的时候。
Dāng xìngfú lái qiāomén de shíhou.
When happiness comes knocking at your door.
等待一位漂亮的姑娘是我的荣幸。
Děngdài yī wèi piàoliang de gūniang shì wǒ de róngxìng.
It is my pleasure to wait for a beautiful lady.
Character Family
干 Radical Family — Characters sharing the dry radical
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