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Kanji Detail for 吉 - "auspicious, good"

吉

  • Meaning

    吉 means "auspicious, good." Also associated with respectable.

    1. Good - Wise; excellent; fine.

    2. Auspicious - Fortunate; lucky; good omen.

  • Words using 吉

    • 不吉 ふきつ Listen ominous; sinister; unlucky

  • Four-character idioms with 吉

    • 吉凶禍福 きっきょうかふく Listen good and bad fortune, and weal and woe
    • 大安吉日 たいあんきちじつ Listen very auspicious day for all types of occasions (one of the six special days in the Japanese lunisolar calendar)
    • 石部金吉 いしべきんきち Listen man of incorruptible character
    • 黄道吉日 おうどうきちにち Listen very auspicious day for all types of occasions

  • Tattoo check: 吉

    • Verified meaning: auspicious, good
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いび, きち, きちじ, きりゅう)
    • Also carries these associations: respectable

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 吉

    Given names 吉(ただす)Listen 吉(よし)Listen

    Surnames 吉(いび)Listen 吉(きち)Listen 吉(きちじ)Listen 吉(きりゅう)Listen 吉(きる)Listen 吉(こい)Listen 吉(このみ)Listen 吉(よしさき)Listen 吉(よしざき)Listen 吉(よしじ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    good luck; joy; congratulations

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    lucky, propitious, good

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    surname Ji; abbr. for Jilin 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    lucky, propitious, good

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Opposite of 凶 (inauspicious). Originally a divination term. All things people are happy about are called 吉. All things people dislike are called 凶.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    kichi(キチ) キチ

    kitsu(キツ) キツ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    yoshi(よし) よし

  • Strokes

    tip

    6 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    口 (kuchi・kuchihen)

  • Related Keywords

    auspicious respectable good fortunate lucky favorable blessing fortune propitious omen prosperity thriving success

Sentences including 吉

  • I am not as busy as yoshio.

  • Take your time , yoshida.

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