Chinese Character 吉 Meanings and components.

Form

吉

Meaning

吉 meaning[3] in English

Surname Ji.

Abbr. For Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 Lin2 Sheng3].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 吉 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are surname Shi (士) , and mouth (口)

Its radical[1] is: 口 (kou3) which means: Mouth, Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc), Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls, .口kou3mouth

In cangjie it is written with GR

How to write 吉

To write吉ji2surname Ji you should write a combination of 士shi4surname Shi , 口kou3mouth arranged in a 吕 shape:

士 + 口 = 吉

吉 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 吉 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 吉, looks as follow:

吉
Pinyin:ji2 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Ji . Abbr. For Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 Lin2 Sheng3]
士
Pinyin:shi4
Meaning[3]: Surname Shi
口
Pinyin:kou3
Meaning[3]: Mouth . Classifier For Things With Mouths (People, Domestic Animals, Cannons, Wells Etc) . Classifier For Bites Or Mouthfuls

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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