幸こう福ふく

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

Refers to a state of deep, lasting happiness or well-being, often used in formal or philosophical contexts. Can also be used as an adjective with な.

家か族ぞくの幸こう福ふくが一いち番ばん大たい切せつです。
The happiness of my family is the most important thing.
彼かれは幸こう福ふくな人じん生せいを送おくった。
He lived a happy life.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が幸こう福ふくを感かんじるfor someone to feel happiness
彼かの女じょは今いま、心こころから幸こう福ふくを感かんじている。
She feels true happiness right now.
〈人ひと〉が幸こう福ふくに暮くらすfor someone to live happily
二人ふたりは静しずかな村むらで幸こう福ふくに暮くらしている。
The couple lives happily in a quiet village.
幸こう福ふくな〈事こと〉a happy (life, marriage, etc.)
彼かれは幸こう福ふくな人じん生せいを送おくった。
He lived a happy life.
〈物もの・事こと〉が幸こう福ふくをもたらすfor something to bring happiness
小ちいさな親しん切せつが人ひと々びとに幸こう福ふくをもたらす。
Small acts of kindness bring happiness to people.

Expressions

幸こう福ふくに浸ひたるbe blissful; be very happy; bask in happiness
無む知ちは幸こう福ふくignorance is bliss
幸こう福ふくを求もとめるseek happiness; pursue happiness

Kanji

幸happiness, blessing, fortune
福blessing, fortune, luck

Related words

幸しあわせN4
幸せ is the common, everyday word for personal happiness, while 幸福 is more formal and often refers to a broader or more philosophical well-being.
至し福ふく
至福 describes an intense, blissful state of happiness, while 幸福 is the more neutral, general term for well-being.
幸さち
幸福 is a formal, abstract word for well-being or happiness, whereas 幸 (さち) carries an older, auspicious nuance and appears mostly in fixed expressions.
幸さいわいN3
幸福 is a more formal, abstract word for happiness or well-being, whereas 幸い is everyday and often tied to a specific fortunate circumstance.
福ふく祉しN2
幸福 means personal happiness or well-being as a state, while 福祉 refers to the systems and services that support people's welfare.

Opposites

不ふ幸こうN3
不幸 means unhappiness or misfortune, the direct opposite of the well-being expressed by 幸福.

Don't confuse with

幸こう運うんN3
幸運 means good luck or fortune, whereas 幸福 refers to a lasting state of happiness, not chance events.
降こう伏ふくN1
幸福 (happiness) is a homophone of 降伏 (surrender) with the same reading こうふく but a completely unrelated meaning, so context is essential to tell them apart.

Word family

幸こう福ふく度ど
level of happiness; degree of happiness
幸こう福ふく感かん
feeling of happiness; sense of well-being; euphoria
幸こう福ふく主しゅ義ぎ
eudaemonism; eudemonism
幸こう福ふく追つい求きゅう権けん
right to the pursuit of happiness
国こく民みん総そう幸こう福ふく量りょう
gross national happiness; GNH

Etymology

Compound of 幸 (good fortune) and 福 (blessing, fortune). The combination has been used in Chinese-derived vocabulary to express a state of blessedness or well-being.