Word Meaning 吉凶

きっきょう kikkyou

吉凶 is read as きっきょう (kikkyou) and means good or bad luck.

Meaning

English

  1. good or bad luck
  2. fortune

Reading

Kana

きっきょう

Romaji

kikkyou

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 10 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 134224 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

吉凶禍福

きっきょうかふく

good and bad fortune, and weal and woe

吉祥天

きちじょうてん

Sri-mahadevi (consort of Vaishravana)

吉報

きっぽう

good news

吉兆

きっちょう

lucky omen

吉備国際大学

きびこくさいだいがく

Kibi International University

吉野時代

よしのじだい

Yoshino period (Japan's Northern and Southern Courts period, esp. from the viewpoint of the legitimacy of the Southern Court, 1336-1392)

吉野朝時代

よしのちょうじだい

Yoshino period (Japan's Northern and Southern Courts period, esp. from the viewpoint of the legitimacy of the Southern Court, 1336-1392)

吉野家

よしのや

Yoshinoya

吉日

きちじつ

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

吉原言葉

よしはらことば

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

吉林大学

きつりんだいがく

Jilin University

吉方

えほう

favourable direction

Example Sentences

1

きっきょうをうらなう。

To divine good and bad fortune.