吉(jí)

HSK 66 strokes

surname Ji

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Character information

Pinyin
jí
Meaning
surname Ji; abbr. for Jilin 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3]
Strokes
6
HSK level
HSK 6
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 吉 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱士口

The words 口 of a scholar 士

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

士shì口kǒu

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

How to write 吉 step by step

6 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 吉

Common words using 吉 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

jí吉lì利
HSK 6

Geely, Chinese car make

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jí吉tā他
HSK 7-9

(loanword) guitar

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jí吉pǔ普
HSK 7-9

Jeep (car brand)

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bù不jí吉

unlucky; inauspicious; ominous

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lìng令jí吉

ringgit (Malaysian currency unit)

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jí吉shì事

auspicious event

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qiū丘jí吉ěr尔

variant of 邱吉尔

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xiōng凶duō多jí吉shǎo少

(lit.) everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom)

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Related characters

More HSK 6 characters

丧串乌乳予井亡仓

From 吉’s common words

利他普不令事丘尔

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