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乙 is a 1 stroke, simplified and traditional Chinese character and is pronounced as yǐ in the third tone, however it can also be pronounced as zhé.
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second
2 stories have been written about this character — see all
It looks like a number 2. If you take the third tone and minus yī (one) which looks like the first tone, you must get the second.
by Casper07x
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Pronunciation
We found 2 pronunciations for 乙
Definitions for 乙 pronounced as yǐ
- 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°
Definitions for 乙 pronounced as zhé
- turning stroke (in Chinese characters)
- see also 折[zhe2]
Vocabulary
The most common words for 乙 — see all
- hepatitis B
- first two of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
- acetaldehyde H3CCHO
- ethanal
Collections
Collections which contain 乙 — see all
4b - Taiwan Benchmarks for the Chinese Language
by russell359 ※ 200 characters
乙econd (2nd) & 己elf
by BobWebb ※ 16 characters
1-1a Simplified
by Sprigit ※ 178 characters
HSK 5
by CharacterPop ※ 636 characters