幸

This week’s #kanji is #幸. This kanji is usually listed under the radical of 干 （ほす/かん） but apparently it is a compound ideograph of 夭 (dying young) and 屰 (to resist) – you can’t tell that from how it’s written now! Anyway, so its original meaning is “to live long.” I’m not sure if living long is a promise of 幸 these days – I suddenly realize how similar 幸 and 辛 look ….

Meaning: happiness, blessing
Reading: コウ、さいわ、さち、しあわ

幸運（コウウン）（な）: fortunate, lucky, happy
幸福（コウフク）（な）: happy, blissful
不幸（フコウ）（な）: unfortunate, unlucky, ill-fated, unhappy
多幸（タコウ）（な）: happy, fortunate, lucky, blessed

幸（さいわ）い（な）: lucky, fortunate, happy

幸（さち）: happiness, fortune, luck; a catch, good food
海（うみ）の幸（さち）: seafood, products of the sea, marine products

幸（しあわ）せ（な）: happy, lucky, fortunate

Difficult Reading

御幸/行幸（みゆき）: a visit of the emperor, an imperial visit, imperial attendance
幸先（さいさき）: a good sign, an omen of things to come

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