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乃 — From

JLPT N12 strokesSecondary school#1978 most used
from, possessive particle, whereupon, accordingly
On’yomiナイ (nai)
On’yomiダイ (dai)
On’yomi (no)
On’yomiアイ (ai)
Kun’yomi (no)
Kun’yomiすなわ (sunawachi)
Kun’yomiなんじ (nanji)

Stroke order (2 strokes)

1 2

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Common words using 乃

WordReadingMeaning
乃至ないし
naishi
from ... to; between ... and; or

Study notes

乃 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 2 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #1978 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).

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