𠮷

See also: 吉 and 古

Translingual

Glyph origin

Variant of 吉, where the component 士 has been replaced with 土.

Han character

𠮷 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 土口 (GR), composition ⿱土口)

Derived characters

• 舎, 周, 𥥭, 𥭅, 𭜶

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 177, character 2
• Unihan data for U+20BB7

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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 𠮷 – see 吉 (“auspicious; lucky; good; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 吉).

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Japanese

Kanji

𠮷

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. Alternative form of 吉

Readings

• Go-on: きち (kichi)
• Kan-on: きつ (kitsu)
• Kun: よい (yoi), と (to), こし (koshi), きる (kiru), きっ (ki-), よし (yoshi), え (e)

Usage notes

This character is known in Japan as 土の下に口 (tsuchi no shita ni kuchi, “口 under 土”) or つちよし (tsuchiyoshi)

References

• Family Register Unified Characters (戸籍統一文字) 038140