Good Luck

October 6, 2010

"Good Luck" in kanji. Japanese calligraphy art by Nao.

Good Luck

yoshi, kichi

The ancient Chinese calendar and the Japanese classical calendar tell us good days and bad days for important events in our life. This calendar is called roku .” In roku ,” dai an is regarded as a lucky day, that is, “kichi jitsu.”

You can draw a fortune lot called “omikuji” at a shrine. Draw a thin bamboo stick from a box and read the number written on the stick. You can get a small sheet of paper according to the number. If you are exceptionally lucky, it says, daikichi; if you are considerably lucky, chūkichi; and if you are moderately lucky, shōkichi. Other results? Forget about them. Whether it is accurate or not, it is, in the end, a fortune lot.


The kanji for "Good Luck" with the stroke order and arrows showing directions.

  1. Draw the longer horizontal line.
  2. Draw the vertical stroke.
  3. Draw the shorter horizontal line.
  4. Draw the left side of the rectangle.
  5. Draw the upper and right sides of the rectangle.
  6. Draw the lower side of the rectangle.
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