U+4E43 "乃" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
U+4E43 "乃" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character commonly used in classical and modern written Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. In Chinese, it primarily functions as a particle meaning "then," "thus," "so," or "your," and can also serve as a possessive marker in classical texts, such as in the phrase "乃父" meaning "your father." In Japanese, it appears in the kanji reading "nai" and is used in words like "乃木" (Nogi) as a proper noun, while in Korean it is less common but retains similar classical meanings. The character's structure is simple, consisting of a single stroke group that evolved from ancient oracle bone script, representing a curved or bent shape, and it carries a nuanced grammatical role that links actions or ideas in literary contexts.