欣幸
xīn​xìng

delighted

欣 xīn happy, joyous

Phonosemantic compound. 欠 represents the meaning and 斤 represents the sound.

Components

斤
斤 Sound component
jīn axe
欠
欠 Meaning component
qiàn, qian yawn, deficient

Depicts an open mouth laughing or rejoicing.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

掀锨

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartxj+nqʰər rejoice

說文解字

《說文》：“欣，笑喜也。从欠，斤聲。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

幸 xìng fortunate

Origin unclear.

Components

犬
犬 Unknown component
quǎn dog

The purpose of this component is unclear.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 犬 than it was in ancient scripts.
矢
矢 Unknown component
shǐ arrow

Here 矢 is rotated upside-down. Similar to 至. The purpose of this component is unclear.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 矢 than it was in ancient scripts.

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (1 of 3 verified)

悻圉倖

Meaning (1)

倖

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartheangX[g]ˤreŋʔ fortunate

說文解字

《說文》：“，吉而免凶也。从屰，从夭。夭死之事，故死謂之不。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》p.768-769
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)