Share this link via
Or copy link
Kanji for Blessing
The kanji most commonly used for "Blessing" are 恵、福、恩.
恵
Kanji that mean Blessing
-
恵
to bless, wise
Also associated with gentle, wisdom.
Onyomi: e, kei Kunyomi: megu.mi, megu.mu 10 strokes Jōyō
-
福
fortune, blessing, happiness
Onyomi: fuku 13 strokes Jōyō
-
恩
grace, blessing, gratitude
Onyomi: on 10 strokes Jōyō
-
幸
happiness, fortune, blessing
Onyomi: koh Kunyomi: sachi, saiwa.i, shiawa.se 8 strokes Jōyō
恵 (kei / megumi) is blessing as grace given — bounty that falls on you. 恵み is a blessing or (rain’s) bounty; 恩恵 is benefit received; and as a name, Megumi is exactly “blessed”. The heart 心 sits at its base: this is generosity with feeling in it.
福 (fuku) is the blessing of good fortune — the character on lucky charms, on the god 福の神, in 幸福 (happiness) and 福袋 (the new-year lucky bag). Its left side is the altar radical 礻: fortune as something granted from above. 恩 (on) is the received kindness that creates a bond of gratitude — a teacher’s 恩師, a debt of 恩義 — one of the load-bearing words of Japanese social life.
幸 (kō / sachi / shiawase) is happiness itself, and an old word for the bounty of land and sea — 海の幸, the sea’s blessing, is still how menus say “seafood”.
Words using Blessing kanji
Everyday Japanese vocabulary built from the characters above.
-
知恵
ちえ
wisdom; wit; sagacity
-
福祉
ふくし
welfare; well-being; social welfare
-
恩恵
おんけい
grace; favor; favour
-
不幸
ふこう
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune
-
社会福祉
しゃかいふくし
social welfare
-
恩赦
おんしゃ
amnesty; pardon
-
幸福
こうふく
happiness; well-being; joy
-
最恵国
さいけいこく
most favored nation; most favoured nation; MFN
-
恩師
おんし
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
Before you use Blessing kanji
福 is the most legible and festive: fortune, the character literally hung on doors for luck. 恵 reads as grace and is a beloved name. 恩 is beautiful but relational — it implies someone to be grateful to. Any of these is safe; 幸 doubles as "happiness", which may be exactly the blessing you mean.