吉

jí = ji + Ø2

surname Ji / abbr. for Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3]

jí = ji + Ø2

lucky / giga- (meaning billion or 10^9)

吉 = 口 + 士 : Mnemonic symbol: "Giga" stems from a Greek word for "giant", so I'll represent 吉 by a giant.

吉 = 口 + 士 : The giant just arrived at the space station and is very hungry. In each hand he holds Joan of Arc and the bachelor captive and robs them for their mandarins which he longs for.

吉

jí = ji + Ø2

surname Ji / abbr. for 吉林[Ji2 lin2] Jilin Province

吉 character breakdown

吉
- 口
- 士
  - 一
  - 十
    - 一
    - 丨

口

kǒu = k + ou3

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls

Mnemonic symbol: 口 shall be represented by a mandarin. Karl Marx (k-) is enjoying a mandarin in the outhouse's living room (ou3).

士

shì = sh + Ø4

member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker

士 = 十 + 一 : Sherlock Holmes (sh) is meeting the bachelor (士) in the bathroom of the space station (Ø4). Sherlock Holmes is playing a flute (一) for him, and the bachelor is wearing a huge cross (十) around his neck.

Characters with 吉 as component

桔

jú = ju + Ø2

variant of 橘[ju2]

桔 = 吉 + 木 : Zeus (ju) receives the giant (吉) as guest just inside the space station's entrance (Ø2). The giant says that she's hungry and Zeus offers her some tangerines (桔), but she already started eating the Christmas tree (木) she found in the corner.

桔

jié = ji + e2

Platycodon grandiflorus / water bucket

喆

zhé = zh + e2

variant of 哲[zhe2] (used as a surname and in given names)

颉

頡

jié = ji + e2

to confiscate / legendary dog-like animal (old)

颉

頡