吉

See also: 喆, 吿, 告, 古, and 舌

Translingual

Han character

Stroke order

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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Chinese

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simp. and trad.		吉

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jí (ji²)

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gat¹
• Min Nan (POJ): kiat / jì

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: jí
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧˊ
    • Wade-Giles: chih²
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyi
    • IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: gat¹
    • Yale: gāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gat⁷
    • IPA ^(key): /kɐt̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiat / jì
    • Tâi-lô: kiat / jì
    • IPA (Taipei): /kiat̚³²/, /d͡ʑi¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kiat̚³²/, /d͡ʑi²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (吉, reconstructed)
Character (吉), Pronunciation 1/1
Initial: 見 (28) Final: 質 Division: III			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 居質切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/kiɪt̚/	/ki̯ĕt̚/	/kiĕt̚/	/kit̚/	/kit̚/	/kĭĕt̚/	/kjet̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (吉, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
吉								jí								‹ kjit ›								/*C.qi[t] (*C.q- > *k-, escaping palatalization)/								auspicious
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
吉					5692					吉					質					1					吉					/*klid/					甲文象供品在口表神佑吉利

Compounds

• 吉他

References

• (Min Nan) Taiwan Min Nan Common Words Dictionary (臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典)

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Japanese

Kanji

吉

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: きち (kichi)
• Kan’on: きつ (kitsu)
• Kun: よい (yoi)
• Nanori: よし (yoshi)

Kanji in this term

吉

きち Grade: S

on'yomi

Kanji in this term

吉

きつ Grade: S

on'yomi

Noun

吉 (hiragana きち, romaji kichi, alternative reading きつ, romaji kitsu)

1. good luck

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

吉 (cát, kiết)

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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