福
blessing · fortune · luck · wealth
Details
Stroke Order
Component Breakdown
spirit + 畐
Cultural Context
Etymology
Composed of altar and full. Full altar.
Symbolism
Happiness, welfare, lucky bag. Represents fortune.
Spiritual Meaning
Represents happiness and divine protection, spiritual and material blessings Japanese people pray for.
Related Culture & Scenes
- — Singing a song
Words & Expressions
Four-Character Compounds
国利民福
こくりみんぷく
national interests and the people's welfare; national interests and the people's welfare
吉凶禍福
きっきょうかふく
good and bad fortune, and weal and woe; good and bad fortune, and weal and woe
福徳円満
ふくとくえんまん
being perfectly happy and prosperous; wealth and happiness; being perfectly happy and prosperous
禍福得喪
かふくとくそう
calamity, good fortune, success and failure; calamity, good fortune, success and failure
開運招福
かいうんしょうふく
bringing luck and good fortune; bringing luck and good fortune
Proverbs & Idioms
福は内、鬼は外
ふくはうち、おにはそと
Fortune in, demons out
Welcoming good luck, expelling evil