倖

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See also: 幸
倖 U+5016, 倖
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5016
← 倕
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 倗 →

Translingual

Han character

倖 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人土廿十 (OGTJ), four-corner 24241, composition ⿰亻幸)

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 107, character 31
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 771
  • Dae Jaweon: page 229, character 11
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 170, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5016

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (幸) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
幸 *ɡreːŋʔ
倖 *ɡreːŋʔ
婞 *ɡeːŋʔ
涬 *ɡeːŋʔ
緈 *ɡeːŋʔ
悻 *ɡeːŋʔ
睪 *neb, *laːɡ, *kuː

Etymology 1

trad. 倖
simp. 幸*

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 倖
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 匣 (33)
Final (韻) 耕 (117)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 胡耿切
Baxter heangX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ɦˠɛŋX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɦᵚæŋX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ɣɐŋX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɦəɨjŋX/
Li
Rong 		/ɣɛŋX/
Wang
Li 		/ɣæŋX/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ɣæŋX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		hèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		hang6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 倖
Reading # 1/1
No. 13882
Phonetic
component 		幸
Rime
group 		耕
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		幸
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡreːŋʔ/

Definitions

倖

  1. to favor; to dote on
    alt. forms: 幸 (xìng)
  2. by fluke or chance

Derived terms

Etymology 2

trad. 倖
simp. 幸*

Pronunciation

Definitions

倖

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of 婞 (xìng, “obstinate”)

Etymology 3

trad. 倖
simp. 幸*
alternative forms 盛
乘
恿

Pronunciation

Definitions

倖

  1. (Southern Min) to spoil; to pamper; to indulge

Japanese

Kanji

倖

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

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Readings

Korean

Hanja

倖 (eum 행 (haeng))

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Vietnamese

Han character

倖: Hán Nôm readings: hãnh, hạnh

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