き
奇
かおく
貨
べ
可
し
居

expression

Messages.yoji.
  1. you must seize every golden opportunity, strike while the iron is hot, when you find a rare good buy, seize upon it for a future sale at a much higher price.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
き
奇
かおく
貨
べ
可
し
居
 奇貨可居 きかおくべし
き
奇
か
貨
か
可
きょ
居
 奇貨可居 きかかきょ
き
奇
か
貨
お
居
　
く
　
べ
　
し
 奇貨居くべし きかおくべし

Contained Kanji Breakdown

strange, strangeness, curiosity
キ　く.しき　あや.しい (7th, N1)
large, big
ダイ　おお-　た (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
can, passable, mustn't
カ　コク　-べ.き (5th)
street, ward, town
チョウ　テイ　チン (3rd, N1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
freight, goods, property
カ　たから (4th, N2)
change, take the form of, influence
カ　ば.ける　ケ (3rd, N3)
human radical (no. 9)
spoon, spoon or katakana hi radical (no. 21)
ヒ　さじ (Kentei 1)
shellfish
かい　バイ (1st, N2)
eye, class, look
め　モク　ボク (1st, N4)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
can, passable, mustn't
カ　コク　-べ.き (5th)
street, ward, town
チョウ　テイ　チン (3rd, N1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
reside, to be, exist
い.る　キョ　お.る (5th, N3)
corpse, remains, flag radical (no. 44)
シ　かたしろ (Kentei 1)
old
コ　ふる.い　ふゆ (2nd, N4)
ten
ジュウ　ジッ　ジュッ (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)