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福 is pronounced “fu” in Chinese.
The character “fu” is posted by virtually all Chinese people on the doors of their homes during the Spring Festival (closely associated with the Chinese New Year).
One tradition from the Zhou Dynasty (beginning in 256 B.C.) holds that putting a fu symbol on your front door will keep the goddess of poverty away.
福 literally means good fortune, prosperity, blessed, blessedness, happiness, and fulfillment.
You'll also see this character in Vietnam (where Chinese characters were the written form until a romanization reform) where it is pronounced Phúc - a word commonly used in Vietnamese names because of its good meaning.
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幸運 can be translated as “good luck,” fortunate, lucky, and/or “good fortune” in Chinese, Korean and Japanese.
Occasionally, this is also translated as a type of happiness or a short way to write serendipity.
福宅 is perhaps the Chinese equivalent of “This blessed house” or perhaps “home sweet home.”
This phrase literally means “Good fortune house” or “Good luck household.” It makes any Chinese person who sees it feel that good things happen in the home in which this calligraphy is hung.
機遇 is the kind of opportunity that comes via good luck or good fortune.
This word is sometimes translated as “stroke of good luck.”
While there are other ways to express “opportunity,” I think this version is best for a calligraphy wall scroll or portrait.
Note: In Korean Hanja, this would also mean “Meeting someone under strange circumstances.”
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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your good luck search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
悪運 see styles |
akuun / akun あくうん |
(1) undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; (2) bad luck |
福 see styles |
fú fu2 fu fuku ふく |
More info & calligraphy: Good Luck / Good Fortunegood fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck; (surname) Fukutsuru Blessing, happiness, felicity, good fortune. |
幸運 幸运 see styles |
xìng yùn xing4 yun4 hsing yün yoshikazu よしかず |
More info & calligraphy: Good Luck(noun or adjectival noun) good luck; fortune; (given name) Yoshikazu |
好運 好运 see styles |
hǎo yùn hao3 yun4 hao yün kouun / koun こううん |
good luck (noun or adjectival noun) good luck; fortune |
招福 see styles |
shoufuku / shofuku しょうふく |
good luck charm; something that encourages or invites good luck |
末吉 see styles |
suekichi すえきち |
(See 御神籤・おみくじ) good luck to come (omikuji fortune-telling result); future good luck; (surname) Matsuyoshi |
受けに入る see styles |
ukenihairu うけにはいる ukeniiru / ukeniru うけにいる |
(irregular kanji usage) (ik) (exp,v5r) to have good luck; (irregular kanji usage) (exp,v5r) to have good luck |
さよならミスワイコフ see styles |
sayonaramisuwaikofu さよならミスワイコフ |
(work) Good Luck Miss Wyckoff (film); (wk) Good Luck Miss Wyckoff (film) |
禍福は糾える縄の如し see styles |
kafukuhaazanaerunawanogotoshi / kafukuhazanaerunawanogotoshi かふくはあざなえるなわのごとし |
(expression) fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours |
禍福は糾える縄のごとし see styles |
kafukuhaazanaerunawanogotoshi / kafukuhazanaerunawanogotoshi かふくはあざなえるなわのごとし |
(expression) fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours |
禍福はあざなえる縄の如し see styles |
kafukuhaazanaerunawanogotoshi / kafukuhazanaerunawanogotoshi かふくはあざなえるなわのごとし |
(expression) fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours |
禍福はあざなえる縄のごとし see styles |
kafukuhaazanaerunawanogotoshi / kafukuhazanaerunawanogotoshi かふくはあざなえるなわのごとし |
(expression) fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours |
Variations: |
kafukuhaazanaerunawanogotoshi / kafukuhazanaerunawanogotoshi かふくはあざなえるなわのごとし |
(expression) (proverb) fortune and misfortune are intertwined; fortune and misfortune come by turns; good luck and bad luck alternate (like the strands of a rope); good and bad fortune are next-door neighbours |
吉 see styles |
jí ji2 chi kichi; kitsu きち; きつ |
More info & calligraphy: Lucky / Auspicious(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) (See 御神籤・おみくじ) good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; (2) (abbreviation) (See 吉日・2) unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written); (given name) Reikichi śrī; auspicious, lucky, fortunate; translit. k, ke, ku, g. |
走紅 走红 see styles |
zǒu hóng zou3 hong2 tsou hung |
to be popular; to be in luck; to have good luck; to develop smoothly |
走運 走运 see styles |
zǒu yùn zou3 yun4 tsou yün |
to have good luck; to be in luck |
桃花運 桃花运 see styles |
táo huā yùn tao2 hua1 yun4 t`ao hua yün tao hua yün |
luck with the ladies; a romance; good luck |
Variations: |
iime / ime いいめ |
(exp,n) (1) dice roll with the desired result; lucky throw of the dice; (exp,n) (2) good luck; stroke of luck; hoped-for result |
千慮一得 千虑一得 see styles |
qiān lǜ yī dé qian1 lu:4 yi1 de2 ch`ien lü i te chien lü i te senryoittoku; senryonoittoku せんりょいっとく; せんりょのいっとく |
More info & calligraphy: Even a fool may sometimes come up with a good idea(expression) (yoji) even a fool may sometimes come up with a good idea |
彩頭 彩头 see styles |
cǎi tóu cai3 tou2 ts`ai t`ou tsai tou |
good omen; good luck (in business etc); profits (gained in gambling, lottery etc) |
蘇波訶 苏波诃 see styles |
sū bō hē su1 bo1 he1 su po ho sohaka |
svāhā, Hail! A kind of Amen; a mystic word indicating completion, good luck, nirvana, may evil disappear and good be increased; in India it also indicates an oblation especially a burnt offering; the oblation as a female deity. Also 蘇和訶; 蘇婆訶; 蘇呵, also with 沙, 娑, 莎, 薩, 率, ? as initial syllable. |
目っけ物 see styles |
mekkemon; mekkemono めっけもん; めっけもの |
(1) (kana only) bargain; find; (2) (kana only) unbelievable good luck; unexpected good fortune |
囍 see styles |
xǐ xi3 hsi |
More info & calligraphy: Double Happiness |
幸 see styles |
xìng xing4 hsing sachi(p); kou; saki(ok) / sachi(p); ko; saki(ok) さち(P); こう; さき(ok) |
More info & calligraphy: Happiness / Fortune / Lucky(1) good luck; fortune; happiness; (2) (さち only) (See 海の幸,山の幸) harvest; yield; (given name) Rei exactly |
祝福 see styles |
zhù fú zhu4 fu2 chu fu shukufuku しゅくふく |
More info & calligraphy: Blessings and Good Wishes(noun, transitive verb) (1) celebration (of a joyous occasion); blessing; giving one's blessing; wishing (someone) good luck; (noun, transitive verb) (2) {Christn} blessing (from God) |
祺 see styles |
qí qi2 ch`i chi |
auspicious; propitious; good luck; felicity; euphoria; used for 旗, e.g. in 旗袍, long Chinese dress |
中吉 see styles |
chuukichi / chukichi ちゅうきち |
moderately good luck (in fortune telling); (surname) Nakayoshi |
元慶 元庆 see styles |
yuán qìng yuan2 qing4 yüan ch`ing yüan ching gangyou; genkei / gangyo; genke がんぎょう; げんけい |
(hist) Gangyō era (877.4.16-885.2.21); Genkei era; (personal name) Motoyoshi great good luck |
剛巧 刚巧 see styles |
gāng qiǎo gang1 qiao3 kang ch`iao kang chiao |
by chance; by coincidence; by good luck |
土吉 see styles |
tsuchiyoshi つちよし |
earth form of "good luck" character |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Good Luck Good Fortune | 福 | fuku | fú / fu2 / fu | |
Good Luck | 幸運 幸运 | kou un / kouun / ko un | xìng yùn / xing4 yun4 / xing yun / xingyun | hsing yün / hsingyün |
House of Good Fortune | 福宅 | fú zhái / fu2 zhai2 / fu zhai / fuzhai | fu chai / fuchai | |
Opportunity Good Luck | 機遇 机遇 | jī yù / ji1 yu4 / ji yu / jiyu | chi yü / chiyü | |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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