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Kanji Detail for 倖 - "fortune"

倖

  • Meaning

    倖 means "fortune." Also associated with to flatter, favorite.

    1. Fortune - Unexpected good luck; serendipity.

    2. To flatter - To curry favor; wicked.

    3. Favorite - A beloved person of a ruler.

  • Tattoo check: 倖

    • Verified meaning: fortune
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read こう, さち, ゆき)
    • Also carries these associations: to flatter, favorite

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 倖

    Given names 倖(こう)Listen 倖(さち)Listen 倖(ゆき)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    happiness; luck

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    lucky, fortunate; dote on, spoil

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    trusted; intimate; (of the emperor) to visit; variant of 幸[xing4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    lucky, fortunate; to spoil, to dote on

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Same as 幸. Getting what one doesn't deserve. Such as 僥倖 (lucky), 倖福 (fortunate).

  • Onyomi

    tip

    koh(コウ) コウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    saiwa.i(さいわ-い) さいわ-い

    shiawa.se(しあわ-せ) しあわ-せ

  • Strokes

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    10 strokes

  • Radical

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    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    fortune to flatter favorite happiness luck blessings bliss chance destiny fate prosperity joy serendipity success

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