吉祥物 (jí xiáng wù)

Character breakdown

• 吉 (Jí) · 6 strokes

  Depicts a hook-shaped weapon made out of copper. Based on the original meaning "solid, difficult to break". The meaning later shifted to "good" and "lucky".

• 祥 (xiáng) · 10 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 礻 represents the meaning and 羊 represents the sound.

• 物 (wù) · 8 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 牛 represents the meaning and 勿 represents the sound. Based on the original meaning "variety", depicting the variety of colors on a cow. Later the meaning shifted to "things".