What does Mulan's grandmother give her for good luck?

Mulan’s grandmother gives her a cricket for good luck.

The cricket is named Cri-Kee, and Grandmother Fa presents him to Mulan before Mulan visits the Matchmaker. She treats the small insect as a lucky charm and even carries him in a little cage. The scene establishes the family’s belief that Cri-Kee can help Mulan succeed in the important marriage evaluation.

Cri-Kee’s luck is deliberately played for comedy. Mulan’s disastrous appointment with the Matchmaker ends in rejection, and Mulan eventually releases the cricket. He nevertheless follows her, meets Mushu, and becomes part of the adventure. Later, Cri-Kee admits that he is not actually a lucky cricket, but his actions still help Mulan at crucial moments.

The character is voiced through animal sounds by Frank Welker. Cri-Kee was created for the Disney film and is not a major figure in the older Ballad of Mulan, the Chinese literary legend that inspired the movie. The cricket is therefore a specifically Disney addition, not a traditional detail of every Mulan story.