Radical 5

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.

For other uses, see Square root of 5.
乙
Radical 5 (U+2F04)
乙 (U+4E59) "second, fishing hook"
Pinyin:yǐ
Bopomofo:一ˇ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh:yii
Wade–Giles:i3
Cantonese Yale:yut6, wat1
Jyutping:jyut3
Pe̍h-ōe-jī:it
Kana:おつ o tsu
Kanji:乙 o tsu
Hangul:새 sae
Sino-Korean:을 eul
Stroke order animation

In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 42 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.

Characters with Radical 5
  • Oracle bones character
  • Bronze character
  • Great seal script character
  • Small seal script character
StrokesCharacters
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

Literature
  • 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 (1993). Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases. Beijing. ISBN 978-7-5619-0204-2.
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