吉
lucky; giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)
6 strokes
Dict coverage rank #394 U+5409
How 吉 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
The words 口 of a scholar 士
How to remember it
lucky · Heisig RSH #335
士 soldier + 口 mouth — as a component also called: aerosol can
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 吉 as their sound component
These characters all use 吉 (jí) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吉 sound component | jí | lucky, propitious, good |
| 结 | jié | knot, tie; to connect, to join |
| 洁 | jié | clean, pure; to purify, to cleanse |
| 桔 | jú | orange, tangerine |
| 髻 | jì | bun, topknot |
| 诘 | jié | to question, to interrogate |
| 秸 | jiē | stalks of millet or corn |
| 颉 | xié | contest; to fly, to soar |
| 拮 | jié | busy, occupied; to pursue |
| 黠 | xiá | sly, cunning, shrewd; artful |
| 劼 | jié | cautious, discreet, prudent |
| 咭 | jī | (Cant.) to guard (from Engl. 'guard'); a card (from Engl. 'card'); young and pretty (from … |
| 佶 | jí | strong, robust; exact, correct |
| 鲒 | jié | clam; oyster |
Words containing 吉
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吉人自有天相 | jí rén zì yǒu tiān xiàng | Heaven helps the worthy (idiom) |
| 大吉大利 | dà jí dà lì | great luck, great profit (idiom); everything is thriving |
| 吉人天相 | jí rén tiān xiàng | see 吉人自有天相[ji2 ren2 zi4 you3 tian1 xiang4] |
| 吉水县 | Jí shuǐ Xiàn | Jishui, a county in Ji'an City 吉安市[Ji2 an1 Shi4], Jiangxi |
| 吉林大学 | Jí lín Dà xué | Jilin University |
| 吉里巴斯 | Jí lǐ bā sī | Kiribati (formerly the Gilbert Islands) (Tw) |
| 吉安县 | Jí ān Xiàn | Ji'an, a county in Ji'an City 吉安市[Ji2 an1 Shi4], Jiangxi |
| 安吉县 | Ān jí Xiàn | Anji, a county in Huzhou City 湖州市[Hu2 zhou1 Shi4], Zhejiang |
| 吉安市 | Jí ān Shì | Ji'an, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province 江西省[Jiang1 xi1 Sheng3] |
| 西吉县 | Xī jí Xiàn | Xiji, a county in Guyuan City 固原市[Gu4 yuan2 Shi4], Ningxia |
| 不吉利 | bù jí lì | ominous |
| 安吉尔 | ān jí ěr | angel (loanword) |
| 开业大吉 | kāi yè dà jí | celebration on opening a business |
| 黄道吉日 | huáng dào jí rì | (idiom) auspicious day (for a wedding, ceremony etc) |
| 吉拉德 | Jí lā dé | Gillard (name) |
| 关门大吉 | guān mén dà jí | to close down a business for good and put the best face on it (idiom) |
| 吉尔吉斯人 | Jí ěr jí sī rén | Kyrgyz (person) |
| 吉阳区 | Jí yáng Qū | Jiyang, a district of Sanya City 三亞市|三亚市[San1 ya4 Shi4], Hainan |
| 古吉拉特 | Gǔ jí lā tè | Gujarat, state in west India |
| 吉州区 | Jí zhōu Qū | Jizhou, a district of Ji'an City 吉安市[Ji2 an1 Shi4], Jiangxi |