吉 (jí): abbr. for Jilin 吉林省, lucky, giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)
吉 (jí) is a Chinese character meaning “lucky.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 士 (structural) and 口 (structural). It ranks #856 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 吉 the words 口 of a scholar 士. Its radical form 口 (mouth) appears in many related characters such as 口 (kǒu, mouth), 叫 (jiào, to call, to be called), 右 (yòu, (bound form) right).
Definitions
- abbr. for Jilin 吉林省
- lucky
- giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)
Etymology & Origin
ideographicThe words 口 of a scholar 士
Decomposition: ⿱士口 (layout: top-bottom)
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 吉
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吉他noun | jí tā | (loanword) guitar |
| 吉米noun | jí mǐ | Jimmy, Jimmie or Jimi (name) |
| 吉普noun | jí pǔ | Jeep (car brand) |
| 弗吉尼亚proper-noun | fú jí ní yà | Virginia, US state |
| 安吉proper-noun | ān jí | see 安吉縣|安吉县 |
| 吉祥物noun | jí xiáng wù | mascot |
| 吉利adjective | jí lì | auspicious |
| 维吉尼亚 | wéi jí ní yà | Virginia, US state (Tw) |
| 安吉尔 | ān jí ěr | angel (loanword) |
| 吉普车noun | jí pǔ chē | jeep (military vehicle) (loanword) |
| 吉它 | jí tā | a guitar |
| 维吉尔 | wéi jí ěr | Virgil or Vergilius (70-19 BC), Roman poet and author of the Aeneid 埃涅阿斯紀|埃涅阿斯纪 |
| 吉恩 | jí ēn | Gene (name) |
| 丘吉尔proper-noun | qiū jí ěr | variant of 邱吉爾|邱吉尔 |
| 关门大吉 | guān mén dà jí | to close down a business for good and put the best face on it (idiom) |
吉 appears in 104 compound words: 59 as the first character, 19 as the last, and 22 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 吉 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (14)
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Showing 12 of 14 idioms containing 吉.
Example Sentences
妈妈吉嘱我要按时吃饭，注意身体健康。
mā mā jí zhǔ wǒ yāo àn shí chī fàn , zhù yì shēn tī jiàn kāng .
Mom urged me to eat on time and take care of my health.
冬奥/男子4人雪车洛赫纳再登顶 马尔吉斯创5金纪录
dōng ào nán zǐ 4 rén xuě chē 洛 hè nà zài dēng dǐng mǎ ěr jí sī chuàng 5 jīn jì lù
Winter Olympics/Men's 4-man bobsleigh, Lochner reached the top again, and Margis set a 5-gold record
弗吉尼亚州里士满发生枪击事件 两人死亡
弗 jí ní yà zhōu lǐ shì mǎn fā shēng qiāng jī shì jiàn liǎng rén sǐ wáng
Two people were killed in a shooting in Richmond, Virginia
周吉佩新春团拜 三地粉丝聚首一堂庆祝
zhōu jí pèi xīn chūn tuán bài sān dì fěn sī jù shǒu yī táng qìng zhù
Zhou Jipei's New Year group visit Fans from the three places gathered together to celebrate
财政部:网传500令吉斋戒月援助属假消息
cái zhèng bù : wǎng chuán 5 0 0 lìng jí 斋 jiè yuè yuán zhù shǔ jiǎ xiāo xī
Ministry of Finance: The RM500 Ramadan aid spread online is fake news
荒地变身水耕农场 吉新文英成功种出日本网纹哈密瓜
huāng dì biàn shēn shuǐ gēng nóng chǎng jí xīn wén yīng chéng gōng zhǒng chū rì běn wǎng wén hā mì guā
Wasteland turned into a hydroponic farm Jixin Wenying successfully planted Japanese reticulated cantaloupe
吉尔吉斯斯坦的情况十分混乱。
Jí'ěrjísīsītǎn de qíngkuàng shífēn hùnluàn.
The situation in Kyrgyzstan is a real mess.
吉姆是詹姆斯的简称。
Jímǔ shì Zhānmǔsī de jiǎnchēng.
Jim is short for James.
吉姆不喜欢苹果，是吗？
Jí mǔ bù xǐhuan píngguǒ, shì ma?
Jim doesn't like apples, does he?
你会教我弹吉他吗？
Nǐ huì jiāo wǒ tán jítā ma?
Will you tell me how to play the guitar?
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