吉 (jí)
lucky/auspicious
How 吉 is written
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 士 — scholar
- Traditional
- 吉
- Simplified
- 吉 (unchanged)
Common words using 吉
- 吉祥 jíxiáng
- lucky; auspicious; propitious
- 大吉 dàjí
- very auspicious; extremely lucky
- 大吉大利 dàjídàlì
- great luck, great profit (idiom); everything is thriving
- 吉他 jítā
- guitar; CL:把[ba3]
- 吉利 jílì
- Geely, Chinese car make
- 吉林 jílín
- Jilin province (Kirin) in northeast China, abbr. 吉, capital 長春|长春; also Jilin prefecture level city, Jilin province
- 吉祥物 jíxiángwù
- mascot
- 吉隆坡 jílóngpō
- Kuala Lumpur, capital of Malaysia
- 萬事大吉 wànshìdàjí
- everything is fine (idiom); all is well with the world
- 不吉 bùjí
- unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
- 不吉利 bùjílì
- ominous
- 丘吉爾 qiūjíěr
- variant of 邱吉爾|邱吉尔[Qiu1 ji2 er3]
吉 in a sentence
過年的時候要多說吉利話。
Guònián de shíhòu yào duō shuō jílì huà.
“During the Lunar New Year, one should say more auspicious words.”
How common is 吉?
吉 is the 854th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 86.5% of all running text.
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