Info on the Kanji 吉

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What is this? "吉"

Meaning(s)

good luck, joy, congratulations

Reading(s)

onyomi KICHI, KITSU
kunyomi

Other

stroke count 6
grade s
jlpt level N1
Example words with 吉
WordMeaning
きち
kichi
good fortune / good luck / auspiciousness
かきち
ka kichi
kakitsu era
きちい
kichi i
good / excellent / fine / nice / pleasant / agreeable / sufficient / ready / prepared / profitable / beneficial / ok
きちうし
kichi ushi
yoshinoya gyudon
きっきょう
kikkyou
sunshine and shadow / fortune
きちじ
kichiji
an auspicious event
きちつぎ
kichi tsugi
broadbanded thornyhead / broadfin thornyhead / kichiji rockfish
きちかき
kichi kaki
first calligraphy of the year
きちじょう
kichijou
lucky omen / happy / auspicious
きちそう
kichi sou
auspicious appearance / good or lucky omen
きっちょう
kicchou
lucky omen / good omen
きちちょう
kichi chou
lucky omen / good omen
きちじつ
kichijitsu
lucky day / an unspecified day of the month, used on diplomas, proclamations, etc.
きっぽう
kippou
good news
きちほう
kichi hou
favourable direction / favorable direction / lucky direction
きちれい
kichirei
festive annual custom
しょうきち
shou kichi
slightly good luck
だいきち
daikichi
excellent luck
つちきち
tsuchi kichi
earth form of "good luck" character
ふきつ
fukitsu
ominous / sinister / bad luck / ill omen / inauspiciousness
すえきち
suekichi
good luck to come / future good luck
めいきち
mei kichi
young striped mullet
もちろんきち
mochiron kichi
mohe
ゆきち
yukichi
10,000 yen note
つちつちきち
tsuchi kichi
earth form of "good luck" character
いぎりす
igirisu
great britain / united kingdom
原雀よしはらすずめ
yoshihara suzume
reed warbler
祥天きちじょうてん
kichijou ten
sri-mahadevi
丁虫きちちょうむし
kichi chou mushi
jewel beetle / chrysochroa fulgidissima / insect with iridescent wings
黄道こうどうきちじつ
koudou kichijitsu
very auspicious day for all types of occasions
凶禍福きっきょうかふく
kikkyou kafuku
good and bad fortune, and weal and woe
原言葉よしはらことば
yoshihara kotoba
language used by the harlots of the yoshiwara red light district during the edo period
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Example Sentences with 吉
ひとの声に似た不気味な鳴き声、漆黒の羽、死肉を啄む姿などから、鴉は不幸に舞い降りる不な鳥として世界に知られています。

すこし落ち着け祥、おのぼりさん丸出しだぞ。

僕はレースで君を田君に対抗させることを考えているんだ。

福沢諭は日本に西洋思想を広めた。



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