10 strokes
Jinmeiyou kanji used in names
Kentei exam level Pre-1
JLPT exam level N1

happiness, luck

Kun'yomi
  • happiness
  • さいわ
On'yomi
  • コウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

コウ 100.0%

Character Breakdown

happiness, luck
コウ しあわ.せ さいわ.い (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
human radical (no. 9)
happiness, blessing, fortune
しあわ.せ コウ さいわ.い (3rd, N3)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)
sheep(羊) variant
to divide
dry, parch, ebb
ひ.る カン ほ.す (6th, N2)

References

Unicode hex code 5016
JIS X 0208 1-24-86
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 462
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 228
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 118
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 134
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha) 88
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 102
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2119
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 771
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana 2020
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 2a8.23
Four corner code 2424.1