吉 jí lucky; propitious
Used as component 吉 in :喜 xǐ Made up of [士 shì bachelor; scholar; first class military rank , 口 kǒu mouth radical 30]; 桔 jú ; 结 jié
Made with 6 strokes.
Comprises 'scholar' and 'mouth' which may suggest wise or lucky advice
Ancient small seal form
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Also uses 士 shì component: 声 shēng (sound) 志 zhì (aspiration) 壮 zhuàng (to strengthen)
Also uses 口 kǒu component: 吧 bā (supposition or suggestion) 唱 chàng (to sing) 超 chāo (to exceed) 吃 chī (to eat) 船 chuán (boat) 啡 fēi (coffee) 富 fù (rich) 福 fú (good fortune) 告 gào (to tell) 各 gè (each) 宫 gōng (palace) 狗 gǒu (dog) 古 gǔ (ancient) 咳 hāi (sound of sighing) 号 hào (name) 和 hé (together) 合 hé (to close) 喝 hē (drink) 亨 hēng (prosperous) 后 hòu (behind) 回 huí (to circle) 或 huò (maybe) 叫 jiào (called) 京 jīng (capital) 咎 jiù (fault) 句 jù (sentence) 局 jú (office) 君 jūn (monarch) 咖 kā (coffee) 可 kě (can) 另 lìng (other) 吗 mǎ (?) 命 mìng (life) 名 míng (name) 鸣 míng (to call (birds)) 呢 ne (and you?) 啤 pí (hops) 品 pǐn (article) 如 rú (as) 尚 shàng (still) 事 shì (matter) 史 shǐ (history) 虽 suī (although) 台 tái (typhoon) 唐 táng (Tang) 听 tīng (to listen) 同 tóng (same) 问 wèn (ask) 喜 xǐ (to be fond of) 兄 xiōng (elder brother) 咬 yǎo (to bite) 右 yòu (right) 语 yǔ (language) 员 yuán (person) 曰 yuē (to speak) 占 zhān (to observe) 只 zhī (one) 知 zhī (to know) 周 zhōu (circuit) 足 zú (foot)
Sounds same
及 jí (and)Different tone
鸡 jī (fowl) 机 jī (machine) 几 jǐ (how many) 己 jǐ (self) 际 jì (border) 既 jì (already) 季 jì (season) 彐 jì (snout) 纪 jì (order) 记 jì (to record) 技 jì (skill) 济 jì (to cross a river)Provinces
吉林 JilinCities
吉林市 Jilin City, Jilin延吉 Yanji, Jilin