What does kanji 吉 mean?

The primary meaning of kanji 吉 is good luck.

How is kanji 吉 read?

The kunyomi readings for kanji 吉 are よし; the onyomi readings are キチ, キツ.

What is the main radical of kanji 吉?

The main radical for kanji 吉 is 口.

What words use kanji 吉?

Example words that use kanji 吉 include 良い, 吉祥天, 吉兆, 吉報.

JōyōJLPT N1Kanken 3

吉

Meaning

Kanji 吉

good luck

good luck, joy, congratulations

Stroke Order

Readings

Kunyomi 訓読み: よし
Onyomi 音読み: キチキツ
Nanori 名乗り: えききっきるこしとよ

Added to Jōyō: 1946

Jōyō: -
JLPT: JLPT N1
Frequency: #711
Strokes: 6
Radical: 口
Components: 口 • 士
Kanji Kentei: Level 3
Similar Kanji: -

Related vocabulary

35 common entries

Showing 35 of 63 entries that include this kanji.

良い

よい

easy to ...

吉祥天

きっしょうてん

Sri-mahadevi (consort of Vaishravana)

吉兆

きっちょう

lucky omen

吉報

きっぽう

good news

葦原雀

よしわらすずめ

reed warbler (esp. the great reed warbler, but also the black-browed reed warbler)

喜知次

きちじ

broadbanded thornyhead (Sebastolobus macrochir)

吉

きち

unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

吉芋

きちいも

Kichiimo (chain of sweet potato restaurants)

吉牛

よしぎゅう

Yoshinoya gyudon (beef on rice)

吉凶

きっきょう

good or bad luck

吉凶禍福

きっきょうかふく

good and bad fortune, and weal and woe

吉原言葉

よしわらことば

language used by the harlots of the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period

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Example sentences

5 reference sentences

今日はおみくじで大吉を引きました。

Today I drew 'daikichi' (great luck) in the fortune telling.

思い立ったが吉日。

The best day to start is the day you decide to do it.

カラスは不吉な鳥だと思われている。

Crows are considered to be birds of ill omen.

故郷から吉報が届いた。

Good news arrived from my hometown.

おみくじの結果は小吉でした。

The fortune telling result was 'shokichi' (small luck).