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xìng HSK3

fortunate

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approved by Prismcool · Mar 18, 2026, 07:15 AM · Reviewed by Prismcool on Mar 18, 2026, 07:15 AM

Extra note

Changed fields: components

Origin unclear.

Components

犬
犬 Unknown component

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

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

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