運

うん · un · JLPT N3 · noun

luck

🍀🎲 運 = 辶 move + 軍 army: luck is what carries you along, like a marching army

運 also means to carry or transport (運転 driving, 運動 exercise). Luck is what life carries your way. For the sound, うん is also the casual Japanese yes, so good 運 is when fate says un to you.

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