Radical 5

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

File:乙-seal.svg

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

• Leyi Li: “Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases”. Beijing 1993, ISBN 978-7-5619-0204-2

External links

• Unihan Database - U+4E59