"吉" meaning in Japanese

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Character

Forms: “Jōyō” kanji [common]
  1. Tags: kanji, no-gloss

Noun

Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (きち)), kichi [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|きち}} 吉(きち) • (kichi)
  1. good luck
    Sense id: en-吉-ja-noun-ZEEFlNcO Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 0 71 29 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 0 86 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 0 79 21 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 0 85 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: [canonical] (ruby: (きつ)), kitsu [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|きつ}} 吉(きつ) • (kitsu)
  1. Alternative form of 吉 (kichi, “good luck”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: (extra: kichi, “good luck”)
    Sense id: en-吉-ja-noun-svU~HuFJ Categories (other): Forms linking to themselves
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for 吉 meaning in Japanese (2.6kB)

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