乙
乙 — The latter
the latter, duplicate, strange, witty
On’yomiオツ (otsu)
On’yomiイツ (itsu)
Kun’yomiおと- (oto)
Kun’yomiきのと (kinoto)
Stroke order (1 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 乙
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 早乙女 | さおとめ saotome | young female rice planter; young girl |
| 乙 | おつ otsu | (the) second (party, rank, etc.); B (grade); the latter |
| 甲乙 | こうおつ kouotsu | first and second; A and B; superiority and (or) inferiority |
Study notes
乙 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 1 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1841 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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