The kanji 吉: meaning, readings and stroke order
吉
- Meaning
- good luck, lucky
- On reading
- キチ kichi、キツ kitsu
- Kun reading
- —
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 口 mouth, opening
- Level
- Level 8 · the last years of junior high
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- may mắn, điềm lành (cát)
- Japanese
- えんぎが よい。めでたい。
- Korean
- 운이 좋다, 좋은 징조 (길)
- Chinese
- 吉利、吉祥
Readings, words and example sentences
キチ kichi · on reading
吉日
lucky day
吉日を えらんで 式を 開きます。
We choose a lucky day to hold the ceremony.
キツ kitsu · on reading · less common
不吉
unlucky, a bad sign
不吉な 夢を 見ました。
I had a dream that felt like a bad sign.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.