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Chinese surname · rank 201

吉

吉 is read as jí.

Pinyin

jí

Script forms

Simplified and traditional 吉

Basic meaning

lucky, propitious, good

Five element

Earth

Origin

Time: Ancient clan tradition; Western Zhou Yin Jifu tradition; later place-name and changed-surname layers; Western Zhou tradition, 1046-771 BCE

Place: Nan Yan/Yanjin tradition in Henan, Fengyi/Shaanxi tradition for some Ji lineages, and later Jizhou/Jichang/Jixiang place-name layers

Origin note

is a multi-origin surname, so the page should not reduce it to the auspicious meaning of the character. One traditional line connects with the ancient surname: accounts say a descendant called Boshu was enfeoffed at Nan Yan and that later descendants wrote as . A second line comes through the Western Zhou minister Yin Jifu, also called Bo Jifu or Bo Jifu; some descendants are said to have used the character from his style name as a surname. 23mofang is more cautious and also notes possible place-name layers such as Jizhou or Jichang/Jixiang, as well as minority changed-surname layers. The page keeps these as traditions rather than one exclusive origin.

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