Radical 5
Appearance
乙 | ||
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乙 (U+4E59) "second, fishing hook" | ||
Pronunciations | ||
Pinyin: | yǐ | |
Bopomofo: | 一ˇ | |
Wade–Giles: | i3 | |
Cantonese Yale: | yut6, wat1 | |
Jyutping: | jyut3 | |
Japanese Kana: | おつ o tsu | |
Sino-Korean: | 을 eul | |
Names | ||
Japanese name(s): | 乙 o tsu | |
Hangul: | 새 sae | |
Stroke order animation | ||
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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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strokes | character |
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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
- Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
- Leyi Li: “Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases”. Beijing 1993, ISBN 978-7-5619-0204-2
External links
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