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吉

good luck
Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingキチ、キツ
Kun readingよし
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. good luckRtK
  2. joy
  3. congratulations
  1. lucky omen
  2. good omen

Radicals and components

Radical口mouthComponents

Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

samurai · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 342

Compound words

吉兆きっちょう
lucky omen; good omen
吉報きっぽう
good news
不吉ふきつ
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
徳川吉宗とくがわよしむね
Tokugawa Yoshimune (1684–1751), eighth Tokugawa shogun, known for the Kyōhō Reforms and planting Tokyo's cherry trees.

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Practice Writing

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