音読み: フク
訓読み: none *
画数: 13
部首: しめすへん（礻）
Meaning
Fortune / Blessing / Happiness
- 幸福 — happiness
- 福音 — gospel / good news
- 福祉 — welfare
- 福運 — good fortune
- 福笑い — traditional Japanese face game
- 祝福 — blessing / congratulations
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- 冥福 — happiness in the afterlife
- 裕福 — wealthy / rich
- 福利厚生 — employee welfare / benefits
The left radical 礻 represents “show” or offerings to the gods. Combined with 畐 (full, abundant), 福 originally symbolized blessings granted from the heavens. Over time, it came to represent general good fortune and happiness.