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Kanji Detail for 乃 - "therefore"

乃

  • Meaning

    乃 means "therefore." Also associated with you, finally.

    1. You - A pronoun for addressing someone (archaic).

    2. Therefore - For that reason; thus; so.

    3. Finally - At last; eventually.

    4. Possessive particle - Used like "no" in names.

  • Words using 乃

    • 乃至 ないし Listen from ... to; between ... and; or

  • Tattoo check: 乃

    • Verified meaning: therefore
    • Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read いまし, うすい, おさむ, だい)
    • Also carries these associations: you, finally

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 乃

    Given names 乃(いまし)Listen 乃(おさむ)Listen 乃(ない)Listen 乃(のり)Listen

    Surnames 乃(うすい)Listen 乃(だい)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    from; possessive particle; whereupon; accordingly

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    then; really, indeed; as it turned out, after all; namely

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    then; really, indeed, after all

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Rising tone | A word following the previous statement. Same as 於是 (thereupon), 然後 (then). | A modal particle. (Book of Documents) "So sage, so divine. So martial, so cultured." | Second person pronoun. Such as 乃兄 (your elder brother), 乃弟 (your younger brother). | 款乃: The sound of oars when rowing a boat.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    ai(アイ) アイ

    dai(ダイ) ダイ

    nai(ナイ) ナイ

    no(ノ) ノ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    nanji(なんじ) なんじ

    no(の) の

    sunawa.chi(すなわ-ち) すなわ-ち

  • Strokes

    tip

    2 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    丿 (no・haraibo)

  • Related Keywords

    you therefore finally possessive particle from accordingly because consequently hence thus ergo archaic pronoun then of

Sentences including 乃

  • Kano, pretending to cry has impact from being used sparingly!

  • Ayano tutted, making a sour face.

  • I got a quick glimpse of Takanohana as he hurriedly left the gymnasium.

  • And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

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