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See also: 己, 之, Z, and ㇠
乙 U+4E59, 乙
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E59
← 乘
[U+4E58] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 乚 →
[U+4E5A]
⼄ U+2F04, ⼄
KANGXI RADICAL SECOND
← ⼃
[U+2F03] 		Kangxi Radicals ⼅ →
[U+2F05]

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Radical 5 乙

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

  1. Kangxi radical #5, ⼄.

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 83, character 15
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 161
  • Dae Jaweon: page 167, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 47, character 4
  • Unihan data for U+4E59

Chinese

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 乙
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References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
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劜 *qreːd
札 *sqriːd
扎 *sqriːd
蚻 *ʔsriːd
紮 *ʔsriːd
軋 *qriːd
圠 *qriːd
穵 *qriːd, *qʷriːd
挖 *qʷriːd
鳦 *qriːd, *qrid
耴 *ŋrid, *teb
乙 *qriɡ
肊 *qrɯɡ
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Characters in the same phonetic series (乙) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

Unknown. Different ancient texts propose different origins.

  • Pictogram (象形) – a developing plant (Shuowen).
  • Pictogram (象形) – the intestine of a fish (Erya).
  • Pictogram (象形) – the gill bone of a fish (Liji Zhengyi (《禮記正義》)

The character should not be confused with 𠃉 > 鳦.

Etymology 1

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Character 乙
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 影 (34)
Final (韻) 質 (49)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 於筆切
Baxter 'it
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /ʔˠiɪt̚/
Pan
Wuyun		 /ʔᵚit̚/
Shao
Rongfen		 /ʔiet̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /ʔjit̚/
Li
Rong		 /ʔjĕt̚/
Wang
Li		 /ĭĕt̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren		 /ʔi̯ĕt̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 yi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 jat1
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Character 乙
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 yǐ
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ ʔit ›
Old
Chinese		 /*qrət/
English 2nd heavenly stem

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 乙
Reading # 1/1
No. 14921
Phonetic
component		 乙
Rime
group		 質
Rime
subdivision		 2
Corresponding
MC rime		 乙
Old
Chinese		 /*qriɡ/
Notes 甲乙字收ɡ尾與燕乙字收d尾小分部有異
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Definitions

乙

  1. The second of the ten heavenly stems (天干 (tiāngān))
  2. second; 2; B; II; beta (used for unnamed people or objects, to enumerate headings in a list, for grades, etc.)
    路人甲和路人乙  ―  lùrén jiǎ hé lùrén yǐ  ―  passerby A and passerby B
    他法語成績得了乙。 [MSC, trad.]
    他法语成绩得了乙。 [MSC, simp.]
    Tā fǎyǔ chéngjì dé le yǐ. [Pinyin]
    He got a B in French.
    乙肝  ―  yǐgān  ―  hepatitis B
  3. (chemistry) eth-; ethyl
    乙烷  ―  yǐwán  ―  ethane
  4. (literary, formal) one
    （公文）……加乙份。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    (gōngwén)...... Jiā yǐ fèn. [Pinyin]
    (In official letters) …added one copy.
  5. a surname
  6. (Cantonese) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. (Classifier: 隻／只 c)

Coordinate terms

Compounds

  • 三氯乙烷
  • 三氯乙烯 (sānlǜyǐxī)
  • 丹鉛甲乙 / 丹铅甲乙
  • 丹黃甲乙 / 丹黄甲乙
  • 乙乙
  • 乙力
  • 乙士
  • 乙夜 (yǐyè)
  • 乙字庫 / 乙字库
  • 乙帳 / 乙帐
  • 乙干
  • 乙弗
  • 乙旃
  • 乙更
  • 乙榜
  • 乙正
  • 乙炔 (yǐquē)
  • 乙烯 (yǐxī)
  • 乙烷 (yǐwán)
  • 乙科
  • 乙第
  • 乙等特考
  • 乙腦 / 乙脑 (yǐnǎo)
  • 乙覽 / 乙览
  • 乙速孤
  • 乙選 / 乙选
  • 乙部
  • 乙酸 (yǐsuān)
  • 乙醇 (yǐchún)
  • 乙醛 (yǐquán)
  • 乙醚 (yǐmí)
  • 乙鳥 / 乙鸟
  • 令乙
  • 勾乙 (gōuyǐ)
  • 厶乙
  • 圖乙 / 图乙
  • 塗乙 / 涂乙
  • 天乙
  • 太乙
  • 太乙壇 / 太乙坛
  • 太乙宮 / 太乙宫
  • 太乙數 / 太乙数
  • 太乙爐 / 太乙炉
  • 太乙神針 / 太乙神针
  • 太乙舟
  • 孔乙己
  • 小乙
  • 左乙
  • 張甲李乙 / 张甲李乙
  • 某乙
  • 氯乙烯 (lǜyǐxī)
  • 泰乙
  • 獨乙 / 独乙
  • 玄乙
  • 甲乙
  • 甲乙問 / 甲乙问
  • 甲乙帳 / 甲乙帐
  • 甲乙科
  • 甲乙膏
  • 白乙
  • 聚乙烯 (jùyǐxī)
  • 聚苯乙烯 (jùběnyǐxī)
  • 苯乙烯 (běnyǐxī)
  • 越鳧楚乙 / 越凫楚乙 (yuèfúchǔyǐ)
  • 面乙
  • 飛乙 / 飞乙
  • 魚乙 / 鱼乙
  • 鳧乙 / 凫乙
  • 鴻乙滿紙 / 鸿乙满纸

Descendants

  • → Zhuang: iet

Etymology 2

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Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 乙(おつ) (otsu).

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乙

  1. (ACG, sometimes sarcastic) thank you for the hard work in (doing something)
    自演乙  ―  zìyǎn yǐ  ―  (sarcastically) thank you for your hard work in staging this "drama"

Etymology 3

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乙

  1. (music) Kunqu gongche notation for the note ti (7).
    Synonym: 𢒼 (yǐ) (Cantonese opera)
  2. (music) Cantonese opera gongche notation for the note low ti (7̣).
    Synonym: 一 (Kunqu)

Derived terms

Etymology 4

From 笏.

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乙

  1. (Cantonese) Only used in 山雞乙／山鸡乙. (a place in Hong Kong)

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