乙

How to write 乙, stroke by stroke

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What 乙 means

second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; 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, as opposed to 甲方); ethyl; bent; winding; radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5); ancient Chinese compass point: 105°; turning stroke (in Chinese characters), aka 折

Pictographic: A swallow

Words with 乙

• 乙丑yǐ chǒusecond year B2 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1985 or 2045
• 乙二醇yǐ èr chúnglycol; ethylene glycol C2H4(OH)2 (antifreeze)
• 乙型yǐ xíngtype B; type II; beta-
• 乙基yǐ jīethyl group (chemistry)
• 乙女yǐ nǚ(slang) maiden; young lady (orthographic borrowing from Japanese 乙女 "otome", used esp. to refer to romantic media and games aimed at women)
• 乙女心yǐ nǚ xīnSedum pachyphyllum (a succulent plant with red-tipped leaves); jelly bean plant
• 乙方yǐ fāngparty B (in a contract) (cf. 甲方, party A)
• 乙未yǐ wèithirty-second year B8 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1955 or 2015
• 乙氧基yǐ yǎng jīethoxy (chemistry)
• 乙种yǐ zhǒngtype B; category B; second class or grade; beta-
• 乙肝yǐ gānhepatitis B
• 乙酸yǐ suānacetic acid (CH3COOH); ethanoic acid

乙 in a sentence

• 甲之蜜糖，乙之砒霜。

  jiǎ zhī mì táng ， yǐ zhī pī shuāng 。

  One man's meat is another man's poison.

Characters that sound like 乙

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