Word Meaning 吉凶禍福

きっきょうかふく kikkyoukafuku

吉凶禍福 is read as きっきょうかふく (kikkyoukafuku) and means good and bad fortune, and weal and woe.

Meaning

English

good and bad fortune, and weal and woe

Reading

Kana

きっきょうかふく

Romaji

kikkyoukafuku

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 36 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Yojijukugo ✓ Rank 146696 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

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吉凶

きっきょう

good or bad luck

禍を転じて福となす

わざわいをてんじてふくとなす

to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts)

禍転じて福となす

わざわいてんじてふくとなす

to turn misfortune into fortune (esp. through one's own efforts)

禍福得喪

かふくとくそう

calamity, good fortune, success and failure

禍福は糾える縄の如し

かふくはあざなえるなわのごとし

fortune and misfortune are intertwined

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