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
Words written with 乙
- 을자형乙字形 길, 강물 또는 길게 뻗은 줄기 따위가 ‘乙’ 자 모양으로 생긴 것을 이르는 말
- 을축乙丑 육십갑자의 둘째.
- 을묘乙卯 육십갑자의 쉰두째.
- 을해乙亥 육십갑자의 열두째.
- 을미乙未 육십갑자의 서른두째.
- 을사乙巳 육십갑자의 마흔두째.
- 을유乙酉 육십갑자의 스물두째.
- 갑을甲乙 갑과 을을 아울러 이르는 말.
- 을년乙年 천간(天干)이 을(乙)로 된 해.
- 을일乙日 천간(天干)이 을(乙)로 된 날.
- 을사乙奢 고구려 때의 십사 관등 가운데 아홉째 등급.
- 을야乙夜 ‘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)
Japanese data from EDRDG KANJIDIC2 and JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0)