Hanja Analyzer
乙

乙 — eul

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
새 을
Romanization
eul
English
second; 2nd heavenly stem
Mandarin
yǐ
Japanese on'yomi
オツ, イツ
Japanese kun'yomi
おと- きのと
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Secondary (Jōyō)
Newspaper frequency
#1,841 of 2,500
Strokes
1
Radical
乙 (5, 0 residual)
Unicode
U+4E59

Korean example words with 乙

  • 을자형乙字形 Korean gloss: 길, 강물 또는 길게 뻗은 줄기 따위가 ‘乙’ 자 모양으로 생긴 것을 이르는 말
  • 을축乙丑 Korean gloss: 육십갑자의 둘째.
  • 을묘乙卯 Korean gloss: 육십갑자의 쉰두째.
  • 을해乙亥 Korean gloss: 육십갑자의 열두째.
  • 을미乙未 Korean gloss: 육십갑자의 서른두째.
  • 을사乙巳 Korean gloss: 육십갑자의 마흔두째.
  • 을유乙酉 Korean gloss: 육십갑자의 스물두째.
  • 갑을甲乙 Korean gloss: 갑과 을을 아울러 이르는 말.
  • 을년乙年 Korean gloss: 천간(天干)이 을(乙)로 된 해.
  • 을일乙日 Korean gloss: 천간(天干)이 을(乙)로 된 날.
  • 을사乙奢 Korean gloss: 고구려 때의 십사 관등 가운데 아홉째 등급.
  • 을야乙夜 Korean gloss: ‘이경’을 오야(五夜)의 하나로 이르는 말.

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 乙

  • 早乙女さおとめ young female rice planter; young girl
  • 乙おつ (the) second (party, rank, etc.); B (grade); the latter
  • 甲乙こうおつ first and second; A and B; superiority and (or) inferiority
  • 乙子おとご last child
  • 乙巡おつじゅん second-class cruiser
  • 乙夜いつや second division of the night (approx. 9pm to 11pm)
  • 乙姫おとひめ younger princess; Oto Hime; Princess of the Dragon Palace (from the story of Urashima Tarō)
  • 乙種おつしゅ B-grade; second-class
  • 乙丑きのとうし Wood Ox (2nd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1925, 1985, 2045)
  • 乙亥きのとい Wood Boar (12th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1935, 1995, 2055)
  • 乙酉きのととり Wood Rooster (22nd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1945, 2005, 2065)
  • 乙未きのとひつじ Wood Sheep (32nd term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1955, 2015, 2075)

Characters sharing the phonetic 乙

Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.

Other hanja read “을”

鳦

Other hanja with radical 乙

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