乃 – from, possessive particle, whereupon

2 strokesJinmeiyō (names)#1978 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 乃 means from, possessive particle, whereupon, accordingly. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ナイ、ダイ、ノ、アイ (nai, dai, no, ai); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is の、すなわ.ち、なんじ (no, sunawachi, nanji). It is written with 2 strokes, under radical 丿 (no. 4).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ナイ	nai
On’yomi	ダイ	dai
On’yomi	ノ	no
On’yomi	アイ	ai
Kun’yomi	の	no
Kun’yomi	すなわ.ち	sunawachi
Kun’yomi	なんじ	nanji

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 丿 (Kangxi radical 4). Components: ｜・ノ・一.

Words using 乃

乃至ないしfrom ... to

Kanji with the same radical

乗久乏

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.