Amazing Chinese Characters (789) Lucky - 吉

 The shell bone script of character Lucky is 

 

The top is a weapon, the bottom is like character Mouth (Post 16) but it is a container to hold the weapon. The character means that people put the weapon back to its container, which imply that the war is over, the world is peaceful from now.

The bronze script of character Lucky is 

The top is a ancient weapon which may not exist nowadays, the bottom is the weapon holder. Put the weapon into holder, the war is over, the future is bright.

The big seal script of character Lucky is

The top is like character Soil (Post 223), but it is a weapon. Maybe due to a little bit lazy, people didn't write it similar to bronze script. The bottom is the weapon holder. 

The small seal script of character Lucky is

Similar to big seal script.

The clerical script of character Lucky is

Similar to small seal script.

The Pinyin of the character is Ji2.