幸 xìng
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 干 — arid, dry
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
幸运
xìngyùn
lucky; luck
Characters in this word
运 yùn
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 云 cloud
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 你真幸运。 Nǐ zhēn xìng yùn. You are really lucky.
- 今天很幸运。 Jīn tiān hěn xìng yùn. Today is very lucky.
- 幸运来了。 Xìng yùn lái le. Luck has come.