吉 — Chinese character
吉
jí
lucky, propitious, good
- Pinyin
- jí
- Radical
- 30 ⼝ (Mouth)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 士 口
- Formation
- ideographic — The words 口 of a scholar 士
- Japanese
- 吉 as a kanji
Common words with 吉
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吉他 | jí tā | (loanword) guitar; measure word: 把 (bǎ) |
| 吉利 | jí lì | auspicious; lucky |
| 吉祥 | jí xiáng | lucky; auspicious |
| 吉祥物 | jí xiáng wù | mascot |
| 吉普车 (吉普車) | jí pǔ chē | jeep (military vehicle) (loanword) |
| 大吉 | dà jí | very auspicious; extremely lucky |
| 吉他手 | jí tā shǒu | guitarist |
| 吉日 | jí rì | propitious day; lucky day |
| 令吉 | lìng jí | ringgit (Malaysian currency unit) |
| 吉凶 | jí xiōng | good and bad luck (in astrology) |
| 吉士 | jí shì | cheese (loanword); custard powder |
| 吉它 | jí tā | a guitar |
English words written with 吉
吉 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Analects 1 · I Ching 146 · Zhuangzi 6
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.