吉 — good luck, joy, congratulations

きち吉 good luck

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 6 strokes

U+5409 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #711 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #342 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

good luck
joy
congratulations

word

きち kichi On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

吉(きち) kichi good luck 吉(きち) 祥(じょう) 寺(じ) kichijouji Kichijoji

よし yoshi Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

吉(よし) 田(だ) yoshida Yoshida (surname) 吉(よし) 川(かわ) yoshikawa Yoshikawa (surname/place name) 吉(よし) 野(の) yoshino Yoshino 吉(よし) 岡(おか) yoshioka Yoshioka 秀(ひで) 吉(よし) hideyoshi Hideyoshi (given name) 吉(よし) 本(もと) yoshimoto Yoshimoto (surname/company) 吉(よし) 村(むら) yoshimura Yoshimura (surname)

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

し士 samurai #33

くち口 mouth #30

まめ豆 beans #151

戈 halberd

Used as component in (7)

むすぶ結 tie しゅう周 circumference き喜 rejoice しゃ舎 cottage つめる詰 packed ぽ舗 shop ていす呈 display

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#30 口 mouth