乙 (yǐ) is a Chinese character meaning “the second of the ten Heavenly Stems”. It takes 1 strokes.
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Structure
乙
Single unit
- 乙 second Heavenly Stem · yǐ unknown
Structure from: Unicode U+4E59 and hanzi-writer-data 2.0.1 modern glyph inspection
Memory aid
A single bent stroke forms 乙, the second of the Heavenly Stems.
This is a memory aid, not the historical origin.
Stroke order
1 strokes
In real words
- 乙方yǐ fāngParty BAI-generated voice乙 = yǐ
- 乙醇yǐ chúnethanolAI-generated voice乙 = yǐ
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All readings
second; B
the second of the ten Heavenly Stems; used to mark the second item or party, and in chemical names to indicate two carbon atoms
天干的第二位；用于次序时表示第二，也用于化学命名中表示含两个碳原子。 — studyhanzi 编写
Words with this reading
- 乙方yǐ fāngParty BAI-generated voice乙 = yǐ
- 乙醇yǐ chúnethanolAI-generated voice乙 = yǐ
Stroke data: hanzi-writer-data (Arphic Public License) · licenses & attributions
Questions people ask about this character
What does 乙 mean?
乙 (yǐ) means the second of the ten Heavenly Stems; used to mark the second item or party, and in chemical names to indicate two carbon atoms.
How do you pronounce 乙?
It is pronounced yǐ.
How many strokes does 乙 have?
1. You can watch the stroke order on this page, or trace it yourself.
What is the radical of 乙?
乙. The radical is how the character is filed in a dictionary — it is not the whole story of how the character is built.
What words use 乙?
Common ones are 乙方 and 乙醇. The reading of 乙 is not the same in every word, so each word on this page shows which reading applies.