乙 – the latter, duplicate, strange

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The kanji 乙 means the latter, duplicate, strange, witty, fishhook radical (no. 5). Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is オツ、イツ (otsu, itsu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is おと-、きのと (oto, kinoto). It is written with 1 strokes, under radical 乙 (no. 5).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	オツ	otsu
On’yomi	イツ	itsu
Kun’yomi	おと-	oto
Kun’yomi	きのと	kinoto

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: 乙 (Kangxi radical 5).

Words using 乙

乙おつ(the) second (party, rank, etc.)

Example sentences

甲の損は乙の得。

One man's gain is another man's loss.

Tatoeba #173523

Kanji with the same radical

九乱乳乾

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