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吉 means 'good luck'

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Strokes : 6    Frequency: 256   JLPT: N1    Usefulness: 5    Study set: 5-1    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: -    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 32 words   Used in 48 words   Used in 4241 names   Component in 27 kanji (2 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   キツ   キチ
Additional readings
Kun    よし good luck, joy, congratulations
Name    え   き   きっ   きる   こし   と   よ
Components
⿱  士 samurai  口 mouth  
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See also
告 announce  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 吉 is used 7 times, read 2 ways (with 1 variation).
Across all words in Japanese, 吉 is used 42 times, read 3 ways (with 4 variations).
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キチ : 15 words FIND ALL
だ い き ち 0
noun
excellent luck
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キツ (read as きっ) : 8 words FIND ALL
き っ し ょ う 0
noun
lucky omen; happy; auspicious
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キツ : 3 words FIND ALL
ふ き つ 0
ominous; sinister; bad luck; ill omen; inauspiciousness
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よし : 10 words FIND ALL
noun
Yoshinoya gyudon (beef on rice)  (abbreviation; slang)
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き: 3 words. FIND ALL
き び だ ん ご 3
Most common form: きびだんご
noun
1. sweet dumpling made with mochi flour and (sometimes) millet flour (famous product of Okayama)  (esp. 吉備団子)
2. millet dumplings  (esp. 黍団子)
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noun
Hie Shinto (form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai)  (see also: 山王一実神道; obscure term)
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よ: 1 word. FIND ALL
よ い 1
Most common form: 良い
1. good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable  (also いい (all senses); often written with kana only)
2. sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared
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An additional 告 less common words include 吉 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
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吉
キツ   キチ    good luck   
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士
シ   samurai
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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