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Kanji for Good luck
The kanji for “good luck” is 吉, read kichi and written in 6 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
good luck
Good fortune and happy omens.
At shrines, 吉 on a fortune slip means good luck.
6 strokes On reading キチ、キツ (kichi, kitsu) Kun reading よし (yoshi) JLPT N1
Dictionary meanings: good luck, joy, congratulations
Readings used for names on Nazuke: kichi, yo, yoshi
In Japan it appears in about 1,172 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in boys’ names.
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