吉

good luck

Stroke count: 6

Readings

On readingキチ、キツ

Kun readingよし

Jōyō Grade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

good luckRtK
彼は１３が不吉な数だという迷信を信じている。He believes in the superstition that 13 is an unlucky number.tatoeba
彼は、吉川元春が好き。He likes Motoharu Kikkawa.tatoeba
joy
congratulations

lucky omen
good omen

Radicals and components

Radical口mouth 囗variant

Components

How it's built

吉

Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

samurai · mouth (口)

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

Compound words

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.

吉兆きっちょう

lucky omen; good omen

吉報きっぽう

不吉ふきつ

ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious

吉凶きっきょう

good or bad luck

吉祥きっしょう

吉徴きっちょう

英吉利イギリス

吉丁虫たまむし

jewel beetle (esp. Chrysochroa fulgidissima)

吉備団子きびだんご

sweet dumpling made with mochi flour and (sometimes) millet flour (famous product of Okayama)

吉利支丹キリシタン

Christianity (in feudal Japan)

成吉思汗ジンギスかん

Additional Examples

渋谷駅で偶然吉行さんに会ってね。

I ran into Mr Yoshiyuki at Shibuya station.tatoeba

私は吉雄ほど忙しくない。

I am not as busy as Yoshio.tatoeba

Stroke Order

6 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 吉

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step