Radical 5
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| 乙 | |
|---|---|
| Radical 5 (U+2F04) | |
| 乙 (U+4E59) "second, fishing hook" | |
| Pinyin: | yǐ |
| Bopomofo: | 一ˇ |
| Wade–Giles: | i3 |
| Jyutping: | jyut3 |
| Cantonese Yale: | yut6, wat1 |
| Hiragana: | おつ o tsu |
| Kanji: | 乙 o tsu |
| Hangul: | 새 sae |
| Sino-Korean: | 을 eul |
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Radical 5 meaning "second" is one of six of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of only one stroke. In the ancient Chinese cyclic character numeral system tiāngān, 乙 represents the second Celestial stem.
In the Kangxi Dictionary there are 42 characters (out of 40,000) to be found under this radical.
Characters with Radical 5
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seal script character
| strokes | character |
|---|---|
| without additional strokes | 乙 乚 乛 |
| 1 additional stroke | 乜 九 |
| 2 additional strokes | 乞 也 习 |
| 3 additional strokes | 乢 乣 乤 乥 |
| 4 additional strokes | 乧 |
| 5 additional strokes | 乨 乩 乪 乫 乬 乭 乮 乯 |
| 6 additional strokes | 乱 乲 |
| 7 additional strokes | 乳 乴 乵 乶 乷 乸 |
| 8 additional strokes | 乹 乺 乻 乼 乽 |
| 10 additional strokes | 乾 乿 亀 |
| 11 additional strokes | 亁 |
| 12 additional strokes | 亂 亃 亄 |
References
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- Leyi Li: “Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases”. Beijing 1993, ISBN 978-7-5619-0204-2
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