吉

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lucky; giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

The words 口 of a scholar 士

Components 士口

lucky · Heisig RSH #335

士 soldier + 口 mouth — as a component also called: aerosol can

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
吉人自有天相	jí rén zì yǒu tiān xiàng	Heaven helps the worthy (idiom)
大吉大利	dà jí dà lì	great luck, great profit (idiom); everything is thriving
吉人天相	jí rén tiān xiàng	see 吉人自有天相[ji2 ren2 zi4 you3 tian1 xiang4]
吉水县	Jí shuǐ Xiàn	Jishui, a county in Ji'an City 吉安市[Ji2 an1 Shi4], Jiangxi
吉林大学	Jí lín Dà xué	Jilin University
吉里巴斯	Jí lǐ bā sī	Kiribati (formerly the Gilbert Islands) (Tw)
吉安县	Jí ān Xiàn	Ji'an, a county in Ji'an City 吉安市[Ji2 an1 Shi4], Jiangxi
安吉县	Ān jí Xiàn	Anji, a county in Huzhou City 湖州市[Hu2 zhou1 Shi4], Zhejiang
吉安市	Jí ān Shì	Ji'an, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province 江西省[Jiang1 xi1 Sheng3]
西吉县	Xī jí Xiàn	Xiji, a county in Guyuan City 固原市[Gu4 yuan2 Shi4], Ningxia
不吉利	bù jí lì	ominous
安吉尔	ān jí ěr	angel (loanword)
开业大吉	kāi yè dà jí	celebration on opening a business
黄道吉日	huáng dào jí rì	(idiom) auspicious day (for a wedding, ceremony etc)
吉拉德	Jí lā dé	Gillard (name)
关门大吉	guān mén dà jí	to close down a business for good and put the best face on it (idiom)
吉尔吉斯人	Jí ěr jí sī rén	Kyrgyz (person)
吉阳区	Jí yáng Qū	Jiyang, a district of Sanya City 三亞市\|三亚市[San1 ya4 Shi4], Hainan
古吉拉特	Gǔ jí lā tè	Gujarat, state in west India
吉州区	Jí zhōu Qū	Jizhou, a district of Ji'an City 吉安市[Ji2 an1 Shi4], Jiangxi

These characters use 吉 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
吉 sound part	jí	lucky, propitious, good
结	jié	knot, tie; to connect, to join
洁	jié	clean, pure; to purify, to cleanse
桔	jú	orange, tangerine
髻	jì	bun, topknot
诘	jié	to question, to interrogate
秸	jiē	stalks of millet or corn
颉	xié	contest; to fly, to soar
拮	jié	busy, occupied; to pursue
黠	xiá	sly, cunning, shrewd; artful
劼	jié	cautious, discreet, prudent
咭	jī	(Cant.) to guard (from Engl. 'guard'); a card (from Engl. 'card'); young and pretty (from …
佶	jí	strong, robust; exact, correct
鲒	jié	clam; oyster