GGood Chinese Name

Chinese surname · rank 405

幸

幸 is read as xìng.

Pinyin

xìng

Script forms

Simplified 幸 · Traditional 倖

Basic meaning

luck(ily), favor, fortunately

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Song textual or Bai Jia Xing layer, 960-1279 CE

Place: Cangzhou / Qingchi and Yanmen in granted-surname tradition; later Song distribution in Jiangxi, Sichuan, and Jiangsu; Ming distribution in Jiangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, and Henan

Origin note

Xing/幸 is best presented as a favored-courtier or granted-surname tradition rather than as the everyday word for luck. One source-backed layer explains the surname from xingchen, trusted or favored court ministers. A genealogical layer says Ji Yan, remembered as Yan Gong, received Xing as a granted surname after service around the northern frontier. Because the sources differ in emphasis, the page records both layers without making the Ji Yan story the only proven origin.

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