(xìng): trusted, intimate, (of the emperor) to visit

(xìng) is a Chinese character meaning “trusted.” Classified as HSK Level 4 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of (structural). It ranks #902 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Etymologically derived, two men, one alive 土 and one dead 干; the living one is lucky. Its radical form (dry) appears in many related characters such as (gān, dry), (nián, year), (píng, flat).

Native pronunciation

Definitions

  1. trusted
  2. intimate
  3. (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)

Components:structural

Stroke Order

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8

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
noun/adjectivexìng yùnfortunate5
adjective/nounbù xìngmisfortune5
noun/adjectivexìng fúhappiness4

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
róng xìnghonored (to have the privilege of ...)
xìng cún zhěsurvivor
xìng hǎofortunately
qìng xìngto rejoice
xìng cúnto survive (a disaster)
yǒu xìngfortunately
jiǎo xìngluckily
xìng kuīfortunately
xìng miǎnto avoid (an unpleasant fate)
xìng yùn érwinner
xìng zāi lè huòlit. to take joy in calamity and delight in disaster (idiom)
xìng shìsth fortunate
sān shēng yǒu xìngthe blessing of three lifetimes (idiom)
wàn xìngvery lucky indeed
xìng huìnice to meet you
43
Total compounds
49
As first character
37
As last character
14
As middle character

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 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

0.638132,283 co-occurrences
jiǎo
0.6332,856 co-occurrences
cún
0.48542,841 co-occurrences
téng
0.43812,612 co-occurrences
kuī
0.4271,002 co-occurrences
chǒng
0.4221,578 co-occurrences
tián
0.42226,994 co-occurrences
0.40976,410 co-occurrences
0.39914,196 co-occurrences
miǎn
0.3949,360 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (3)

bùxìngzhīxìngHSK 4+

good fortune in the midst of bad; a stroke of good luck in a stretch of bad; redeeming feature in a piece of misfortune

phrase
sānshēngyǒuxìngHSK 4+

very lucky

phrase
xìngzāilèhuòHSK 6+

to take joy in calamity and rejoice the disaster; schadenfreude

phrase

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

写好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.

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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...

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诗巫肥料罗里追尾油槽罗里 乘客不丧命 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

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守护儿少性侵案存者 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

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东方日报C1:倪乐琳保财色 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

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赤柱Tesla自炒撼栏 车头铲上行人路无伤

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

Tatoeba

战争不会使任何人福。

Zhànzhēng bù huì shǐ rènhé rén xìngfú.

War doesn't make anybody happy.

Tatoeba

那件不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.

Tatoeba

福来敲门的时候。

Dāng xìngfú lái qiāomén de shíhou.

When happiness comes knocking at your door.

Tatoeba

等待一位漂亮的姑娘是我的荣

Děngdài yī wèi piàoliang de gūniang shì wǒ de róngxìng.

It is my pleasure to wait for a beautiful lady.

Character Family

Radical Family — Characters sharing the dry radical

Homophones — Characters pronounced xìng

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 幸 (xìng) mean in Chinese?
幸 (xìng) primarily means "trusted." It is classified as HSK Level 4, making it an upper-intermediate character. It ranks #902 in character frequency.
How many strokes does 幸 have?
幸 is written with 8 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 幸?
The radical associated with 幸 is 干 (dry). This radical appears in many characters related to dry.
What are the components of 幸?
幸 is composed of: 土 (structural), undefined (phonetic). Its IDS decomposition is ⿱土⿱丷干 with a top-bottom layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 幸?
Common words with 幸 include: 幸运 (xìng yùn, "fortunate"); 不幸 (bù xìng, "misfortune"); 幸福 (xìng fú, "happiness"); 荣幸 (róng xìng, "honored (to have the privilege of ...)"); 幸存者 (xìng cún zhě, "survivor"). There are over 43 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 幸 (xìng)?
Several characters share the pronunciation xìng: 星 (star), 猩 (ape), 腥 (fishy (smell)), 刑 (punishment), and 6 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 幸 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 幸 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.