幸 xìng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 干 — arid, dry
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
幸福
xìngfú
happy; happiness
Characters in this word
福 fú
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 礻 — spirit
- Made of
- 礻 spirit 畐 to fill
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我很幸福。 Wǒ hěn xìng fú. I feel truly happy.
- 家人都幸福。 Jiā rén dōu xìng fú. Everyone in the family is happy.
- 幸福在身边。 Xìng fú zài shēn biān. Happiness is close by.