Memory phrase for the character: 吉

吉

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Meaning

good luck, fortune, joy

Pronunciation

 KICHI, KITSU

Explanation

 Top: samurai 士, bottom: mouth 口 - (simplified from: luck 喜, where the samurai has beans 豆 in his mouth.)

Mnemonic
 
A samurai with a (full) mouth has good luck.

Radicals

吉 good luckSamurai 士, below: Mouth 口 (This radical is a simplification of 喜, where the samurai 士 has a bean 豆 in his mouth 口 and is happy).
士 samuraiA proud samurai is standing firm on the ground with outspread arms. Do not mistake this radical with: earth, ground 土, which has shorter "arms".
口 mouthA small square 口 stands for the mouth, and a big square 囗 is an enclosure.
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 Vocabulary

不吉 ふきつ  ominous, sinister, bad luck, ill omen, inauspiciousness

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