乙 — kanji meaning “the latter”
乙
the latter, duplicate, strange, witty, fishhook radical (no. 5)
- Meanings
- the latter, duplicate, strange, witty, fishhook radical (no. 5)
- On'yomi
- オツ (otsu)、イツ (itsu)
- Kun'yomi
- おと-、きのと
- Strokes
- 1
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1841 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 5
- Chinese reading
- yǐ — Chinese character page
Words with 乙
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 早乙女 | さおとめ saotome | young female rice planter; young girl |
| 甲乙 | こうおつ kouotsu | first and second; A and B |
| 乙女 | おとめ otome | (young) girl; maiden; young lady |
| 乙姫 | おとひめ otohime | younger princess |
| 乙種 | おつしゅ otsushu | B-grade; second-class |
| 乙夜 | いつや itsuya | second division of the night (approx. 9pm to 11pm) |
| 乙子 | おとご otogo | last child |
| 乙矢 | おとや otoya | arrow with feathers that curve to the right (the second of two arrows to be fired) |
| 乙巡 | おつじゅん otsujun | second-class cruiser |
| 乙女座 | おとめざ otomeza | Virgo (constellation); the Virgin |
| 乙女心 | おとめごころ otomegokoro | girl's feeling; maiden's mind |
| 甲乙丙 | こうおつへい kouotsuhei | A, B and C; first, second and third |
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