Memory phrase for the Kanji: 吉

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

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

吉	good luck	Samurai 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	Samurai	Not mistake with earth, ground: 土
口	mouth	A small square 口 stands for the mouth, and a big square 囗 is an enclosure.

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不吉

ふきつ

ominous, sinister, bad luck, ill omen, inauspiciousness

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