乙

乙 is a Japanese kanji written with 1 stroke, listed here under the keyword “fish guts”. It is treated as a basic building block: it is not broken down any further here. In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 75. It appears as a component in 18 other characters in this index.

Keyword: fish guts
RTK frame: 75
Strokes: 1
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): オツ, イツ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): おと-, きのと
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: the latter, fishhook, рыбьи потроха, nose, umbrella
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 乙 second

Decomposition

No decomposition is listed: this shape is used whole.

Characters that contain 乙

乱 riot
孔 cavity
札 tag
迅 swift
匕 spoon
乞 beg
乳 milk
礼 salutation
縄 straw rope
毛 fur
屯 barracks
竃 kitchen stove
蝿 housefly
訊 query
曳 tow
胤 blood relative
气 steam
电 eel

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