幸 is also the simplified spelling of 倖.
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幸
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- 幸
- xìng · luck(ily), favor, fortunately
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Mandarin tones
4 · xing4
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Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 8 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
hang6
Cantonese word readings for 幸. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- by fluke; lucky
- fortunate; lucky
- luckily; fortunately
- to rejoice
- (literary) to hope; to wish
- (historical, of an emperor) to personally visit
- (literary) to favour; to dote on
- a surname
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