fortune

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 福 has 13 strokes and concerns good fortune and happiness.
• Basic usage: 幸福 is read こうふく, and 祝福 is read しゅくふく.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Happiness and congratulations
  • ささやかな幸福を感じた means felt a sense of simple happiness.
  • 友人の結婚を皆で祝福した means everyone congratulated a friend on their marriage.
  • 旅人の門出を祝福した means blessed the traveler on a new beginning.
  • 幸福 is a state of happiness, while 祝福 concerns congratulating someone or wishing them good fortune.