Chinese symbol for “auspicious”
吉利
jí lì
auspicious; lucky; propitious
The closest CC-CEDICT match for auspicious is 吉利 (jí lì), defined as: auspicious; lucky; propitious.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “auspicious”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 祥 | xiáng | auspicious; propitious |
| 祯 (禎) | zhēn | auspicious; lucky |
| 吉庆 (吉慶) | jí qìng | auspicious; propitious |
| 嘉 | jiā | excellent; auspicious |
| 瑞 | ruì | lucky; auspicious |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 吉利.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吉他 | jí tā | (loanword) guitar; measure word: 把 (bǎ) |
| 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 |
| 利用 | lì yòng | to exploit; to make use of |
| 权利 (權利) | quán lì | right (i.e. an entitlement to sth); (classical) power and wealth |
| 利益 | lì yì | benefit; (in sb's) interest |
See also: Japanese symbol for “auspicious”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.