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乙

N1

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • the latter
  • duplicate
  • strange
  • witty
  • fishhook radical (no. 5)

On'yomi (音読み)

  • オツ
  • イツ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • おと-
  • きのと
Strokes
1
JLPT Level
N1
Frequency
#1375
School Grade
Secondary
Radical
乙#5 · second

Components

Common Words

  • 甲乙こうおつNounfirst and second, A and B
  • 早乙女さおとめNounyoung female rice planter, young girl
  • 乙子おとごNounlast child
  • 乙巡おつじゅんNounsecond-class cruiser
  • 乙夜いつやNounsecond division of the night (approx. 9pm to 11pm)
  • 乙姫おとひめNounyounger princess
  • 乙種おつしゅNounB-grade, second-class
  • 乙丑きのとうしNounWood Ox (2nd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1925, 1985, 2045)

Practice in Kanjiru

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