# 吉 — Good Luck

Frequency rank 557 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 巻 (Scroll), less common than 君 (Buddy).

- On’yomi: きち
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 口 Mouth (Kangxi 30)
- Frequency path: Level V of XX

The good luck radical sits above a mouth below — when your mouth speaks words of good luck, fortune follows.

In words:

- 不吉 ふきつ — ominous;sinister;bad luck;ill omen;inauspiciousness

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