吉

See also 喆, 吿, 告, 古, and 舌

Translingual

Han character

吉 (radical 30 口+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 土口 (GR), four-corner 4060₁, composition ⿱士口)

1. lucky, propitious, good

Derived terms

• 喆, 桔

See also

• 舎
• 吿 告 古 舌

References

• KangXi: page 175, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3289
• Dae Jaweon: page 389, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 576, character 6
• Unihan data for U+5409

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Cantonese

Hanzi

吉 (jyutping gat1, Yale gat1)

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Japanese

Kanji

吉 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: きち (kichi), きつ (kitsu)
• Kun: よい (yoi)
• Nanori: よし (yoshi)

Noun

吉 (hiragana きち, romaji kichi)

1. good luck

Alternative forms

• きつ (kitsu)

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Korean

Hanja

吉 (hangeul 길, revised gil, McCune-Reischauer kil)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

吉 (pinyin jí (ji2), tòng (tong4), Wade-Giles chi², t'ung⁴)

Compounds

• 吉他

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Vietnamese

Han character

吉 (cát, kiết)

Readings

• Nôm: cát, kiết

References

• Thiều Chửu : Hán Việt Tự Điển Hà Nội 1942
• Trần Văn Chánh: Từ Điển Hán Việt NXB Trẻ, Ho Chi Minh Ville, 1999
• Vũ Văn Kính: Đại Tự Điển Chữ Nôm , NXB Văn Nghệ, Ho Chi Minh Ville