Kanji N1

乙: the latter, duplicate, strange

乙 is a JLPT N1 kanji meaning the latter, duplicate, strange, written with 1 stroke. It is read オツ, イツ (on) and きのと (kun). It is one of the jōyō kanji taught in secondary school. You will see it in 乙 (おつ, second) and 早乙女 (さおとめ, young female rice planter).

乙

Meanings

  • the latter
  • duplicate
  • strange
  • witty
Strokes1
JLPT levelN1
School gradeSecondary school
Frequency#1841 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • オツ
  • イツ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • おと-
  • きのと

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 乙

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 乙おつ

    (the) second (party, rank, etc.); B (grade)

    JLPT N1
  • 早乙女さおとめ

    young female rice planter; young girl

  • 甲乙こうおつ

    first and second; A and B

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.