倖

See also: 幸

倖 U+5016, 倖 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5016 ← 倕 [U+5015] CJK Unified Ideographs 倗 → [U+5017]

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

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìng (xing⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hang⁶
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hēng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìng
    • Wade–Giles: hsing⁴
    • Yale: syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinq
    • Palladius: син (sin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: hang⁶
    • Yale: hahng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hang⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: heng⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐŋ²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hēng
    • Tâi-lô: hīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: heng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiɪŋ²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiɪŋ³³/

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• Middle Chinese: heangX

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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ɣæŋX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	hèng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	hang6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*ɡreːŋʔ/

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

• 僥倖 / 侥幸 (jiǎoxìng)

 

Etymology 2

trad.		倖
simp.		幸*

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìng (xing⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xìng
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìng
    • Wade–Giles: hsing⁴
    • Yale: syìng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinq
    • Palladius: син (sin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕiŋ⁵¹/

Definitions

倖

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

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sěng / sēng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sěng
    • Tâi-lô: sǐng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɪŋ²²/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sēng
    • Tâi-lô: sīng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: seng
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ²²/

Definitions

倖

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

Japanese

Kanji

倖

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

• Go-on: ぎょう (gyō)^{←ぎやう (gyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: こう (kō)^{←がう (gau, historical)}
• Kun: しあわせ (shiawase, 倖せ)^{←しあはせ (siafase, 倖せ, historical)}、さいわい (saiwai, 倖い)

Korean

Hanja

倖 (eum 행 (haeng))

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Vietnamese

Han character

倖: Hán Nôm readings: hãnh, hạnh

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