吉

吉 — good luck, joy, congratulations

JLPT: JLPT N1
Strokes: 6
Taught in: Secondary school
Frequency: #711 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: きち kichi

きつ kitsu
Kun'yomi: よし yoshi

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 吉

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.

不吉ふきつ ominous JLPT N1