Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

711 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: good luck, joy, congratulations

Kunyomi: よし

Onyomi: キチ キツ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: mouth, opening

Examples

Onyomi Examples

キチ good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result), good luck, auspiciousness, unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

祥天 キッショウテン Sri-mahadevi (consort of Vaishravana)

ダイキチ excellent luck

チュウキチ moderately good luck (in fortune telling)

キチ good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result), good luck, auspiciousness, unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)

キチジ auspicious event

カキツ Kakitsu era (1441.2.17-1444.2.5)

モッキツ Mohe (one of the Tungusic-speaking tribes)

Kunyomi Examples

川神道 よしかわしんとう Yoshikawa Shinto (Confucianist form of Shinto, stripped of Buddhist influence)

よしぎゅう Yoshinoya gyudon (beef on rice)

つちよし earth form of "good luck" character

豊臣秀 とよとみひでよし Toyotomi Hideyoshi