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Translingual
Stroke order
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Han character
吉 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 土口 (GR), four-corner 40601, composition ⿱士口)
Derived characters
- 佶, 咭, 𡋥, 姞, 㣟, 恄, 拮, 洁, 狤, 桔, 㸵, 祮, 䂒, 硈, 秸, 袺, 結(结), 聐, 蛣, 夡, 詰(诘), 銡(𰽲), 鞊, 鮚(鲒), 黠
- 㐖, 劼, 㓤, 郆, 欯, 翓, 喆, 頡(颉), 鴶(𱉥), 𪜒, 迼, 趌, 䓀, 髻, 𫜖, 㔛, 臺, 嚞, 䦖, 𡕍, 調, 䭇
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 175, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3289
- Dae Jaweon: page 389, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 576, character 6
- Unihan data for U+5409
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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秸
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*kriːl, *kriːd
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髻
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*kiːds
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夡
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*kʰids
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鴶
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*kriːd
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袺
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*kriːd, *kiːd
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頡
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*kriːd, *ɡiːd
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劼
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*kʰriːd
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硈
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*kʰriːd
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咭
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*kʰriːd, *ɡlid, *qʰlid
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黠
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*ɡriːd
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聐
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*ŋreːd
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趌
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*ked, *klid, *kʰid, *ɡrid
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結
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*kiːd
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拮
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*kiːd, *klid
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桔
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*kiːd
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狤
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*kiːd, *klid, *ɡrid
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擷
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*qʰiːd, *ɡiːd
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襭
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*ɡiːd
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翓
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*ɡiːd
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纈
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*ɡiːd
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吉
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*klid
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郆
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*kid
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詰
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*kʰid
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蛣
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*kʰid
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佶
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*ɡlid, *ɡrid
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鮚
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*ɡrid
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姞
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*ɡrid
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欯
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*qʰlid
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恄
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*qʰlid
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Ideogram (指事) derived from a ritual axe 士 and an open mouth 口, perhaps with a reference to rituals to obtain the gratitude of the ancestors and deities.
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-kjit (“happy; pleased”) (STEDT). Also compare Tibetan སྐྱིད་པ (skyid pa, “to be happy”) and Burmese ချစ် (hkyac, “to love, to be pleased”) (Schuessler, 2007, Hill, 2019).
Cantonese sense of “empty” arises from avoidance of 空 (hung1), which is homophonous to 凶 (hung1, “inauspicious”).
The Taiwanese Chinese sense of “to sue” arises from avoidance of 告 (gào, “to sue”), which is a typo form of it.
Pronunciation
Note:
- Xiamen:
- kiat - vernacular;
- kit - literary.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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吉
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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jí
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Middle Chinese
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‹ kjit ›
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Old Chinese
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/*C.qi/ (*C.q- > *k-, escaping palatalization)
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English
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auspicious
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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吉
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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5692
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Phonetic component
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吉
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Rime group
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質
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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吉
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Old Chinese
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/*klid/
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Notes
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甲文象供品在口表神佑吉利
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Definitions
吉
- auspicious; lucky
- Antonym: 凶 (xiōng)
- 吉利 ― jílì ― auspicious; lucky
- good
- (Cantonese, euphemistic) empty
橫掂有間房吉咗喺度,不如租畀人住啊。 [Cantonese, trad.]
横掂有间房吉咗喺度,不如租畀人住啊。 [Cantonese, simp.]- waang4 dim6 jau5 gaan1 fong4-2 gat1 zo2 hai2 dou6, bat1 jyu4 zou1 bei2 jan4 zyu6 aa1.
- Since there's an empty room, why don't we rent it out?
- 交吉卷 [Cantonese] ― gaau1 gat1 gyun2 ― Hand out an unanswered (empty) exam paper
- 吉屋 [Cantonese] ― gat1 uk1 ― unoccupied house
- 吉舖/吉铺 [Cantonese] ― gat1 pou3 ― vacant shop
請問呢個位係咪吉㗎? [Cantonese, trad.]
请问呢个位系咪吉㗎? [Cantonese, simp.]- ceng2 man6 ne1 go3 wai6 hai6 mai6 gat1 gaa3?
- Is anyone sitting here?
- (Cantonese, euphemistic) emptiness; nothingness
勞碌一生得個吉 [Cantonese, trad.]
劳碌一生得个吉 [Cantonese, simp.]- lou4 luk1 jat1 sang1 dak1 go3 gat1
- A lifetime of labor amounts to nothing
- (Taiwan, Internet slang) to accuse; to sue; to file a lawsuit; to press charges
- 這我一定吉/这我一定吉 ― zhè wǒ yīdìng jí ― I will definitely sue for this
- Used in transcription.
- 吉林 ― Jílín ― Jilin (from Manchu gilin)
- 吉爾吉斯/吉尔吉斯 ― Jí'ěrjísī ― Kyrgyzstan
- 吉布地 ― Jíbùdì ― Djibouti
- 吉隆坡 ― Jílóngpō ― Kuala Lumpur
- 吉爾福德/吉尔福德 ― Jí'ěrfúdé ― Guildford
- 姆布吉馬伊/姆布吉马伊 ― Mǔbùjí Mǎyī ― Mbuji-Mayi
- Short for 吉林 (Jílín, “Jilin Province”).
- a surname
- (~縣) Ji County (a county of Linfen, Shanxi, China)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
空 (“empty; void”)
Descendants
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
吉
(Jōyō kanji)
Readings
Etymology 1
Noun
吉 • (kichi)
- good luck
Etymology 2
Noun
吉 • (kitsu)
- Alternative form of 吉 (kichi, “good luck”)
Korean
Hanja
吉 (eumhun 길할 길 (gilhal gil))
- hanja form? of 길 (“luck”)
Vietnamese
Han character
吉: Hán Việt readings: cát[1][2][3][4][5][6]
吉: Nôm readings: kiết[1][2]
- chữ Hán form of cát (“auspicious, lucky”).
References