Keyword
good luck
- joy
- congratulations
- Frequency
- #711
- Strokes
- 6
- Grade
- 8
- JLPT (old)
- N1
- Heisig
- 342
Readings
キツ100%
Mnemonic
Before the final, the professional boxer opens his mouth, not to trash-talk but to wish his rival good luck, and the crowd cheers.
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Used in kanji
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Used in vocabulary
吉
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
Noun
吉備
Kibi (former province located in present-day Okayama and parts of Hiroshima, Hyōgo and Kagawa prefectures; later split into Bizen, Bitchu and Bingo provinces)
Noun
吉日
lucky day; auspicious day; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
Noun
大安吉日
very auspicious day for all types of occasions (one of the six special days in the Japanese lunisolar calendar)
Noun