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Chinese symbol for “fortunate”

幸运
xìng yùn
Traditional: 幸運
fortunate; lucky; good fortune; luck

The closest CC-CEDICT match for fortunate is 幸运 (xìng yùn), defined as: fortunate; lucky; good fortune; luck.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

幸 xìng
favor, fortune, luck; surname
radical 51 ⼲ · 8 strokes
运 yùn
to run; ship, transport; fortune, luck
radical 162 ⾡ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “fortunate”

WordPinyinMeaning
幸xìngfortunate; lucky

Related words

Other words that share a character with 幸运.

WordPinyinMeaning
幸福xìng fúhappiness; happy
不幸bù xìngmisfortune; adversity
幸好xìng hǎofortunately
幸存者 (倖存者)xìng cún zhěsurvivor
荣幸 (榮幸)róng xìnghonored (to have the privilege of ...)
运动 (運動)yùn dòngto move; to exercise
运用 (運用)yùn yòngto use; to put to use
运行 (運行)yùn xíng(of celestial bodies etc) to move along one's course; (fig.) to function; to be in operation

See also: Japanese symbol for “fortunate”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.