幸 (xìng)

trusted; intimate; (of the emperor) to visit; variant of 幸[xing4]

Etymology

Fortune (幸) is the opposite (屰) of misfortune (夭).

Shuowen Jiezi

《說文》:“,吉而免凶也。从屰,从夭。夭死之事,故死謂之不。”

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