657 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
758 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
736 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1325 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
3243 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
540 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
772 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
850 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
622 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
632 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
824 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1423 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1145 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
617 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
823 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1795 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
24664P | Morohashi |
914 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
4083 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
1779 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1918 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
701 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
ancestor, pioneer, founder
- On:
- ソ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 5
JLPT level N3
1226 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 祖 【ソ】 ancestor, forefather, progenitor, originator, pioneer, inventor, founder, grandfather
- 祖国 【ソコク】 homeland, motherland, fatherland, native country
- 元祖 【ガンソ】 originator, pioneer, inventor, founder, progenitor, primogenitor, founder of a family line
- 教祖 【キョウソ】 founder of a religious sect
Readings
- Japanese names:
- い
- Korean:
- jo
Spanish
- antepasado
- pionero
- fundador
Portuguese
- antecessor
- pioneiro
- fundador
French
- ancêtre
- pionnier
- fondateur
673 | 2001 Kanji |
4e5.4 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-4-5 | SKIP code |
3721.0 | Four corner code |
1-33-36 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
7956 | Unicode hex code |
乙
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1841 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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
- 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 |