Jisho

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6 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
good luck, joy, congratulations
Kun:
よし
On:
キチキツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
711 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 吉 【キチ】 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)
  • 吉祥天 【キッショウテン】 Sri-mahadevi (consort of Vaishravana)
  • 大吉 【ダイキチ】 excellent luck
  • 中吉 【チュウキチ】 moderately good luck (in fortune telling)
  • 吉 【キチ】 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)
  • 吉事 【キチジ】 auspicious event
  • 嘉吉 【カキツ】 Kakitsu era (1441.2.17-1444.2.5)
  • 勿吉 【モッキツ】 Mohe (one of the Tungusic-speaking tribes)

Kun reading compounds

  • 吉川神道 【よしかわしんとう】 Yoshikawa Shinto (Confucianist form of Shinto, stripped of Buddhist influence)
  • 吉川線 【よしかわせん】 scratch marks on the neck of a body (indicating a struggling victim of strangulation)
  • 土吉 【つちよし】 earth form of "good luck" character
  • 豊臣秀吉 【とよとみひでよし】 Toyotomi Hideyoshi

Readings

Japanese names:
え、 き、 きっ、 きる、 こし、 と、 よ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ji2
Korean:
gil

Spanish

  • buena suerte
  • alegría
  • felicitaciones

Portuguese

  • boa sorte
  • prazer
  • congratulações

French

  • bonne chance
  • joie
  • félicitations
1142 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
464 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1053 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
990 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1124 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
278 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1141 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1194 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
893 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
282 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2691 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1369 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1855 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
326 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3289 Morohashi
2167 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
711 New Nelson (John Haig)
320 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
342 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
199 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1064 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1477 2001 Kanji
3p3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-3 SKIP code
4060.1 Four corner code
1-21-40 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5409 Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
legs
Parts:
portent, 10**12, trillion, sign, omen, symptoms
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
1174 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 兆 【チョウ】 10^12, 1,000,000,000,000, trillion, sign, omen, indication, portent
  • 兆候 【チョウコウ】 sign, indication, omen, symptom
  • 吉兆 【キッチョウ】 lucky omen, good omen
  • 慶兆 【ケイチョウ】 sign of happiness, good omen

Kun reading compounds

  • 兆す 【きざす】 to show signs, to have symptoms, to give indications (of), to bud, to germinate, to sprout
  • 兆し 【きざし】 sign, indication, omen, symptom

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhao4
Korean:
jo

Spanish

  • presagio
  • síntoma
  • billón
  • mostrar síntomas

Portuguese

  • portento
  • 10 elevado a 12
  • trilhão
  • signo
  • presságio
  • sintomas

French

  • augures
  • présage
  • signe
  • symptômes
  • 10**12
  • 1000 milliards
573 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
939 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1426 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
637 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1687 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
337 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
244 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1562 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1665 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1269 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
146 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
264 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
166 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
199 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
240 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
1347 Morohashi
225 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
346 New Nelson (John Haig)
235 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
250 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
469 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1257 2001 Kanji
2b4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-3 SKIP code
3221.3 Four corner code
3211.3 Four corner code
1-35-91 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5146 Unicode hex code