“幸福”词源初探

A Study on the Origin of“Xingfu”

现代汉语“幸福”一词出现于20世纪初,它与历史上的义为“祈望得福”的“幸福”没有渊源关系。该词也不是由古汉语“幸”“福”二词组合而成。初步研究表明,“幸福”一词应借自日语。

Modern Chinese word“xingfu”was seen in the early twentieth century,which has no relationship with ancient Chinese word“xingfu”meaning that someone prays for being blessed.It is not the combination of“xing”and“fu”in ancient Chinese.Preliminary studies indicate that modern Chinese word“xingfu”comes from Japanese.