Translingual

Stroke order

Original form of 鳦 (swallow). Current meaning by phonetic loan.

Han character

乙 (radical 5 乙+0, 1 stroke, cangjie input 弓山 (NU), four-corner 1771₀)

1. the second of the ten heavenly stems
2. second
3. Kangxi radical #5, ⼄ ‎(“second”).
4. the quantity 1

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/乙
• 艺 鳦 𢒼 𤴥 𥘆 𥝎 𦨇 𧈝 𩁶 𪐘

References

• KangXi: page 83, character 15
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 161
• Dae Jaweon: page 167, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 47, character 4
• Unihan data for U+4E59
• “乙”, in 字源 (in Mandarin), accessed 2014-03-21

Chinese

Pronunciation

Noun

乙

1. second, 2, B, II, beta (used for unnamed people or object, to enumarate headings in a list, for grade)

   路人甲和路人乙。  ―  Lùrén jiǎ hé lùrén yǐ.  ―  Person A and person B / Person 1 and Person 2.

   他法語成績得了乙。 [MSC, trad.]

   他法语成绩得了乙。 [MSC, simp.]

   Tā fǎyǔ chéngjī dé le yǐ. [Pinyin]

   He got a B in French.

   乙肝  ―  yǐgān  ―  hepatitis B

2. (chemistry) ethyl

Proper noun

乙

1. The second of the ten heavenly stems (天干 (tiāngān))
2. Kangxi radical 5 (second)
3. the seventh scale degree in Gongche musical notation (工尺譜／工尺谱 (gōngchěpǔ))

Number

乙

1. (literary) one

   (公文)…加乙份。  ―  (gōngwén)... Jiā yǐ fèn.  ―  (In official letters) …added one copy.

See also

• 天干 (tiāngān) The Heavenly Stems.
• 工尺譜／工尺谱 (gōngchěpǔ) The Gongche notation
• Kangxi radical on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Proper noun

乙

1. (Chinese calligraphy) turning stroke

See also

• Chinese strokes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• “乙”, in MDBG English to Chinese dictionary (based on CC-CEDICT) (in Mandarin/English), accessed 2014-02-13
• “Jukuu”, in Jukuu (in Mandarin/English), accessed 2014-03-21

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: おつ (otsu), おち (ochi)
• Kan’on: いつ (itsu)
• Kun: きのと (kinoto), おと (oto)

Compounds

• 乙子 (おとご) ‎(otogo)
• 乙種 (おつしゅ) ‎(otsushu)
• 乙巡 (おつじゅん) ‎(otsujun)
• 乙女 (おとめ) ‎(otome)
• 乙姫 (おとひめ) ‎(otohime)
• 乙夜 (いつや) ‎(itsuya), 乙夜 (おつや) ‎(otsuya)

Adjectival noun

乙 ‎(-na inflection, hiragana おつ, romaji otsu)

1. strange
2. interestingly strange, spicy

Inflection

Noun

乙 ‎(hiragana おつ, romaji otsu)

1. the second
2. the latter

乙 ‎(hiragana きのと, romaji kinoto)

1. the second of the ten stems (十干 (jikkan))

Interjection

乙 ‎(hiragana おつ, romaji otsu)

1. (Internet slang) Abbreviation of お疲れ様です ‎(otsukaresama desu).

Derived terms

• うぽつ ‎(upotsu), うｐ乙 (おつ) ‎(upotsu)

Korean

Hanja

乙 • ‎(eul)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 을 (revised: eul, McCune-Reischauer: ŭl)

• Name (hangeul): 새 (revised: sae, McCune-Reischauer: sae)

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References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 乙

Vietnamese

Han character

乙 (ất, át, ắc, ắt, hắt, ặc, lớt)

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References

• Nom Foundation