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吉 = 士 + 口

吉 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “lucky”. It is built from 士 (scholar) and 口 (mouth). It appears as a component in 37 other characters in this index.

Keyword
lucky
Pinyin (Mandarin)
jí
Script
Chinese hanzi
Also known as
lucky, propitious, good, благоприятный, удачливый, хороший, propitious, good
Same glyph as a Japanese kanji
吉 good luck

Decomposition

ids

  1. 士 scholar
  2. 口 mouth

Characters that contain 吉

How to find 吉 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “scholar” + “mouth”. 吉 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 吉 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.