吉 = 口 + 士

吉 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “good luck”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 士 (gentleman). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 342. It appears as a component in 3 other characters in this index.

Keyword: good luck
RTK frame: 342
Strokes: 6
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): キチ, キツ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): よし
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: удачи.
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 吉 lucky

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 吉

How to find 吉 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mouth” + “gentleman”. 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.