乙
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second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; second in order; letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1]); ethyl; bent; winding; radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5); ancient Chinese compass point: 105°
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Dict coverage rank #1,188 U+4E59
How 乙 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
A swallow
How to remember it
second · Heisig RSH #95
— as a component also called: hook, fishhook
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 乙 as their sound component
These characters all use 乙 (yǐ) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乙 sound component | yǐ | second; 2nd heavenly stem |
| 艺 | yì | art; talent, ability; craft |
| 忆 | yì | to remember, to reflect upon; memory |
| 虱 | shī | bug, louse, parasite |
| 亿 | yì | hundred million; many |
| 穵 | wā | a deep hollow; to dig out, to gouge |
| 钇 | yǐ | yttrium |
Words containing 乙
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 乙太网路 | yǐ tài wǎng lù | (Tw) Ethernet |
| 乙女心 | yǐ nǚ xīn | Sedum pachyphyllum (a succulent plant with red-tipped leaves); jelly bean plant |
| 乙种射线 | yǐ zhǒng shè xiàn | beta ray (electron stream from radioactive decay) |
| 乙酸基 | yǐ suān jī | acetyl radical CH3COO- |
| 合四乙尺工 | hé sì yǐ chě gōng | names of the five notes of the Chinese pentatonic scale, corresponding roughly to do, re, … |
| 乙酸根 | yǐ suān gēn | acetyl radical CH3COO- |
| 乙方 | yǐ fāng | party B (in a contract) (cf. 甲方[jia3 fang1], party A) |
| 乙流 | yǐ liú | type B influenza (abbr. for 乙型流感[yi3 xing2 liu2 gan3]) |
| 乙基 | yǐ jī | ethyl group (chemistry) |
| 乙女 | yǐ nǚ | (slang) maiden; young lady (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 乙女 "otome", used esp. to … |
| 乙型脑炎 | yǐ xíng nǎo yán | Japanese encephalitis, aka epidemic encephalitis B |
| 乙太 | yǐ tài | variant of 以太[yi3 tai4] |
| 乙酸 | yǐ suān | acetic acid (CH3COOH); ethanoic acid |
| 乙氧基 | yǐ yǎng jī | ethoxy (chemistry) |
| 乙种粒子 | yǐ zhǒng lì zǐ | beta particle (electron, esp. high speed electron emitted by radioactive nucleus) |
| 乙状结肠 | yǐ zhuàng jié cháng | sigmoid colon (anatomy); bent colon, linking the descending colon to the rectum |
| 乙游 | yǐ yóu | otome game – a romance simulation game targeted at women, typically featuring female prota… |
| 乙酸盐 | yǐ suān yán | acetate CH3COO- |
| 乙脑 | yǐ nǎo | Japanese encephalitis (abbr. for 乙型腦炎|乙型脑炎[yi3 xing2 nao3 yan2]) |
| 太乙金华宗旨 | Tài yǐ Jīn huá Zōng zhǐ | The Secret of the Golden Flower, a classic of Chinese Taoism published in the late 17th ce… |