# 幸 luck, happiness

辛 (spicy / painful) + 十 (ten)
★★★★☆
8 strokes
PN

## Onyomi

KOU |

## Mnemonic

| spicy 〔辛)+ one more line on top, forming the kanji for TEN.(十) So you could say, "COcaine brings ten times as much happiness as hot spices."

## Kunyomi

しあわ*せ | happiness KANA ★★★★☆
さいわ*い ( にｘｘｘ ) | fortunately, XXX ★★☆☆☆

## Jukugo

幸運(こううん) に | good luck ★★★☆☆ 幸 (luck, happiness) + 運 (carry / luck) = 幸運 (good luck) luckily, xxxx. Or, 'good luck' (good luck learning all these bastards!)
不幸(ふこう) な | bad luck; unfortunately ★★☆☆☆ 不 (un) + 幸 (luck, happiness) = 不幸 (bad luck; unfortunately)

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
辛 | spicy / painful | NO TEN |
幸 | luck, happiness | TEN | 十
宰 | manager | CROWN |

Luck has a TEN on top, spicy does NOT. So you can say,

Good luck will bring you TEN TIMES AS MUCH happiness as good spices .

The man with the CROWN manages the country.

## Used In

- 執
- 達
- 報

## Synonyms

luck 運 幸 幸運 幸福