乙

See also 之

Translingual

Stroke order

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. the KangXi radical 乙

Derived characters

• Index:Chinese radical/乙
• 艺

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

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Cantonese

Hanzi

乙 (Yale yut6, wat1)

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Japanese

Noun

乙 (おつ, otsu)

1. the second
2. the latter

乙 (きのと, kinoto)

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

Adjective

乙な (おつな, otsu na)

1. strange
2. interestingly strange, spicy

Abbreviation

乙

1. (internet slang) Abbreviation of お疲れ様です (おつかれさまです, otsukare sama desu)

Kanji

乙 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: おつ (otsu)
• Kun: きのと (kinoto), おと (oto)

Compounds

• 乙子
• 乙種
• 乙巡
• 乙女
• 乙姫
• 乙夜

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Korean

Hanja

乙
Eumhun:

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

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

References

• Naver Hanja Dictionary: 乙

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Mandarin

Hanzi

乙 (pinyin niè (nie4), yǐ (yi3), Wade-Giles nieh⁴, i³)

• yǐ

1. the seventh scale degree in gongche musical notation

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Middle Chinese

Han character

乙 (qyit)

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Vietnamese

Han character

乙 (ất, át, ắc, ắt, hắt, ặc, lớt)