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Chinese symbol for “fortunately”

幸好
xìng hǎo
fortunately

The closest CC-CEDICT match for fortunately is 幸好 (xìng hǎo), defined as: fortunately.

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
好 hǎo
good, excellent, fine; proper, suitable; well
radical 38 ⼥ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “fortunately”

WordPinyinMeaning
有幸yǒu xìngfortunately
幸亏 (幸虧)xìng kuīfortunately; luckily
所幸suǒ xìngfortunately (formal writing)
亏得 (虧得)kuī defortunately; luckily
幸喜xìng xǐfortunately

Related words

Other words that share a character with 幸好.

WordPinyinMeaning
幸福xìng fúhappiness; happy
幸运 (幸運)xìng yùnfortunate; lucky; good fortune; luck
不幸bù xìngmisfortune; adversity
幸存者 (倖存者)xìng cún zhěsurvivor
荣幸 (榮幸)róng xìnghonored (to have the privilege of ...)
最好zuì hǎobest; had better ...; it would be best to ...
好像hǎo xiàngas if; to seem like
不好bù hǎono good

See also: Japanese symbol for “fortunately”.

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.