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traditional form

Variants
Phonetic
Semantic
Apparent
大 𢆉 ⿱大⿱丷干
Mandarin
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English
Definitions
(same as 幸) to rejoice; an evil doer all the times; fortunate; instrument of torture used in ancient times; loud; prosperous
Mnemonic
A person 大 who commits a crime 𢆉
Etymology
Notes
The original form of this character was the pictograph of manacles from 執; this character is now sometimes written identically to 幸