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

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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

3 strokes
Radical:
woman, female
Parts:
woman, female
Kun:
おんな
On:
ジョニョニョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
151 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 女 【ジョ】 woman, girl, daughter, Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), feminine noun
  • 女王 【ジョオウ】 queen, female champion
  • 処女 【ショジョ】 virgin (usu. female), maiden, virgin (e.g. forest), unspoiled by human activity, debut, maiden (e.g. voyage)
  • 一女 【イチジョ】 one daughter, eldest daughter, first-born daughter
  • 女王 【ジョオウ】 queen, female champion
  • 女房 【ニョウボウ】 wife (esp. one's own wife), court lady, female court attache, woman who served at the imperial palace, woman (esp. as a love interest)
  • 老若男女 【ロウニャクナンニョ】 men and women of all ages
  • 天女 【テンニョ】 heavenly nymph, celestial maiden, beautiful and kind woman
  • 女房 【ニョウボウ】 wife (esp. one's own wife), court lady, female court attache, woman who served at the imperial palace, woman (esp. as a love interest)
  • 女官 【ジョカン】 court lady, lady-in-waiting

Kun reading compounds

  • 女 【おんな】 woman, female, female lover, girlfriend, mistress, (someone's) woman
  • 女形 【おんながた】 onnagata, male actor in female kabuki roles, female partner (in a relationship)
  • 醜女 【しゅうじょ】 homely woman, plain-looking woman, female demon
  • 囲い女 【かこいおんな】 mistress
  • 雌 【め】 female, smaller (of the two), weaker, woman, wife
  • 女神 【めがみ】 goddess, female deity
  • 早乙女 【さおとめ】 young female rice planter, young girl
  • 醜女 【しゅうじょ】 homely woman, plain-looking woman, female demon

Readings

Japanese names:
おな、 た、 つき、 な
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
nu:3, ru3
Korean:
nyeo, yeo

Spanish

  • femenino
  • mujer

Portuguese

  • mulher
  • fêmea

French

  • femme
  • féminin
32 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
41 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
35 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
178 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1185 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
62 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
42 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
114 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
102 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
102 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
68 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
423 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4226 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2135 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2884 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
99 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6036 Morohashi
3418 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1173 New Nelson (John Haig)
98 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
102 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
60 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
19 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1769 2001 Kanji
3e0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
4-3-4 SKIP code
4040.0 Four corner code
1-29-87 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5973 Unicode hex code

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On reading compounds

  • 畦畔 【ケイハン】 ridge between rice fields, causeway

Kun reading compounds

  • 畦 【あぜ】 ridge of earth between rice fields, ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel, footpath between rice fields, causeway
  • あぜ道 【あぜみち】 (raised) footpath between rice fields, ridge between rice fields
  • 畝 【うね】 ridge (in field), row of raised earth when planting crops, rib (cloth, mountains, sea), cord (e.g. corduroy)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qi2, xi1
Korean:
hyu

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3004 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1381 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
21842 Morohashi
3753 New Nelson (John Haig)
2571 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2621 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
5f6.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-6 SKIP code
6401.4 Four corner code
1-23-45 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7566 Unicode hex code

11 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
vegetable, side dish, greens
Kun:
On:
サイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N2
1327 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 菜 【サイ】 side dish
  • 菜園 【サイエン】 vegetable garden
  • 山菜 【サンサイ】 edible wild plants
  • 前菜 【ゼンサイ】 hors d'oeuvre, appetizer, appetiser, starter

Kun reading compounds

  • 菜 【な】 greens, vegetables, rape (Brassica napus), rapeseed
  • 菜種 【なたね】 rapeseed, coleseed
  • 若菜 【わかな】 young greens, young herbs
  • うまい菜 【うまいな】 Swiss chard

Readings

Japanese names:
よう
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
cai4
Korean:
chae

Spanish

  • verduras
  • entremeses
  • vegetales

Portuguese

  • legume
  • salada
  • verduras

French

  • légume
  • accompagnement (du riz)
401 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
509 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
483 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1108 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3982 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
870 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
246 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1447 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
931 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
958 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
774 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
660 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2880 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1486 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2004 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
742 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
31184P Morohashi
2305 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5097 New Nelson (John Haig)
734 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
793 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
566 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1964 2001 Kanji
3k8.25 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-8 SKIP code
4490.4 Four corner code
1-26-58 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
83dc Unicode hex code