Hanja Analyzer
吉

吉 — gil

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
길할 길
Romanization
gil
English
lucky, propitious, good
Mandarin
jí
Japanese on'yomi
キチ, キツ
Japanese kun'yomi
よし
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#711 of 2,500
Strokes
6
Radical
口 (30, 3 residual)
Unicode
U+5409

Parts that make up 吉

  • 士 흙 토, 뿌리 두Japanese form of 土 땅 위에 쌓인 흙더미흙·땅과 그 위에 세운 것
  • 口 입 구 벌린 입말하고 먹는 일, 그리고 입 모양의 구멍

Korean example words with 吉

  • 길괘吉卦 Korean gloss: 좋은 점괘
  • 길보吉報 Korean gloss: 좋은 소식
  • 길운吉運 Korean gloss: 좋은 운수
  • 길몽吉夢 Korean gloss: 좋은 징조의 꿈
  • 길흉吉凶 Korean gloss: 운이 좋고 나쁨
  • 길조吉兆 Korean gloss: 좋은 일이 있을 조짐
  • 길례吉例 Korean gloss: 아름답거나 좋은 전례(前例)
  • 길색吉色 Korean gloss: 길한 일이 생기는 상서로운 색
  • 길년吉年 Korean gloss: 결혼하기 좋다고 하는 해나 나이
  • 길복吉服 Korean gloss: 삼년상을 마친 뒤에 입는 보통 옷
  • 길사吉事 Korean gloss: 혼례나 환갑 따위의 경사스러운 일
  • 길조吉鳥 Korean gloss: 관습적으로 좋은 일을 가져온다고 여기는 새

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 吉

  • 吉兆きっちょう lucky omen; good omen
  • 不吉ふきつ ominous; sinister; unlucky
  • 大吉だいきち excellent luck (esp. in fortune-telling)
  • 吉報きっぽう good news
  • 吉祥天きっしょうてん Sri-mahadevi (consort of Vaishravana)
  • 吉きち good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness
  • 吉凶きっきょう good or bad luck; fortune
  • 吉祥きっしょう lucky omen; happy; auspicious
  • 吉事きちじ auspicious event
  • 吉日きちじつ lucky day; auspicious day; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
  • 吉例きちれい festive annual custom
  • 吉相きっそう auspicious appearance; good or lucky omen

Characters sharing the phonetic 吉

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “길”

Other hanja with radical 口

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