Jisho

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1 strokes
Radical:
second 乛 (乙, ⺄, 乚)
Parts:
the latter, duplicate, strange, witty, fishhook radical (no. 5)
Kun:
おと-きのと
On:
オツイツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1841 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 乙 【オツ】 (the) second (party, rank, etc.), B (grade), the latter, stylish, chic, smart, witty, tasty, strange, quaint, queer, thank you, good job, see you, goodbye, goodnight
  • 乙亥 【キノトイ】 Wood Boar (12th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1935, 1995, 2055)
  • うp乙 【ウプオツ】 thanks for uploading
  • 枠乙 【ワクオツ】 thanks for streaming
  • 乙亥 【キノトイ】 Wood Boar (12th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1935, 1995, 2055)
  • 乙未 【キノトヒツジ】 Wood Sheep (32nd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1955, 2015, 2075)
  • 不一 【フイツ】 Very sincerely yours, different

Kun reading compounds

  • 乙 【きのと】 second in rank, second sign of the Chinese calendar
  • 乙亥 【きのとい】 Wood Boar (12th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1935, 1995, 2055)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yi3
Korean:
eul

Spanish

  • segundo
  • duplicado
  • extraño
  • ingenioso
  • elegante

Portuguese

  • o último
  • duplicar
  • engenhoso
  • estranho

French

  • radical hameçon (no. 5)
  • chic
  • signe du 2ème tronc céleste
  • dernier
  • second
  • étrange
1041 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1713 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
260 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1339 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1030 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
983 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1017 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1908 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
25 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4145 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2104 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2849 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
71 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
161 Morohashi
3339 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
56 New Nelson (John Haig)
71 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
75 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1007 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3556 2001 Kanji
0a1.5 The Kanji Dictionary
4-1-1 SKIP code
4-2-1 SKIP code
1771.0 Four corner code
1-18-21 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e59 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
one
Parts:
Variants:
sign of the ox or cow, 1-3AM, second sign of Chinese zodiac
Kun:
うし
On:
チュウ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2305 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 丁丑 【ヒノトノウシ】 Fire Ox (14th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1937, 1997, 2057)
  • 癸丑 【ミズノトウシ】 Water Ox (50th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1913, 1973, 2033)

Kun reading compounds

  • 丑 【うし】 the Ox (second sign of the Chinese zodiac), hour of the Ox (around 2am, 1-3am, or 2-4am), north-northeast, twelfth month of the lunar calendar
  • 丑寅 【うしとら】 northeast
  • 土用丑 【どよううし】 day of the ox in midsummer (during the hottest season), dog days of summer
  • 辛丑 【かのとうし】 Metal Ox (38th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1961, 2021, 2081)

Readings

Japanese names:
ひろ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chou3
Korean:
chug, chu

Spanish

  • signo de la vaca
  • segundo signo del zodíaco
  • vaca

Portuguese

French

  • signe de la 2ème branche terrestre
  • signe du Boeuf (zodiaque)
  • 1 à 3 heures du matin
2056 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
13 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1965 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
99 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2001 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
4241 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2140 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2889 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2061 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23 Morohashi
3433 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
12 New Nelson (John Haig)
2040 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2197 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
0a4.39 The Kanji Dictionary
4-4-1 SKIP code
1710.5 Four corner code
1-17-15 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e11 Unicode hex code