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漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement

乃: from, possessive particle

Also: whereupon, accordingly

JLPT N12 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
2 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ナイnai · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 乃至ないしfrom ... to; between ... and

ダイdai · on'yomi

  • 乃父だいふfather
  • 乃公だいこうI; me

Also read ノ, アイ, の, すなわち, なんじ, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Sweep across the top! This radical is like a tilted lid or a gust of wind blowing over the rest of the character.”
More in the 丿 diagonal sweeping stroke story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
丿

Also built on diagonal sweeping stroke (丿)

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Also read ナイ

3 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read ダイ

11 kanji share this on'yomi

Also read アイ

4 kanji share this on'yomi
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · nǎi

Same form: 乃 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
乃 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
乃 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin nǎi most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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