福 means “fortune, blessing, luck”

ふく · fuku

Also: wealth

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

フク

JLPT N3 · Taught in grade 3 · 13 strokes

The story

An altar (礻) beside 畐, a jar filled to the brim: offerings that bring blessings back. 幸福 is happiness, and each New Year shoppers queue for 福袋, sealed "lucky bags" of surprise goods.

Used in 幸福 (koufuku, happiness), 福袋 (fukubukuro, lucky bag), and 福祉 (fukushi, welfare)

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.