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Kanji Detail for 乙 - "second, stylish, chic"

乙

  • Meaning

    乙 means "second, stylish, chic."

    1. Stylish - Chic; clever; tasteful.

    2. Second rank - Second in order; second place.

    3. Lower tone - A tone one level lower than the primary in traditional music.

    4. Second stem - The second of the ten celestial stems.

    5. Wood, East - In five elements it's wood; in direction it's east.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    the latter; duplicate; strange; witty; fishhook radical (no. 5)

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    second; 2nd heavenly stem

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    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°

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    second; 2nd heavenly stem

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The second position of the Ten Heavenly Stems. | When reading, marking one's stopping place with a brush is called 乙. When characters are missing, hooking beside and adding them is also called 乙.
  • Onyomitip

    itsu(いつ) いつ

    otsu(おつ) おつ

  • Kunyomitip

    kinoto(きのと) きのと

    oto(おと) おと

  • Strokestip

    1 stroke

  • Radicaltip

    乙 乚 (otsu・otsunyo・tsuribari)

  • Related Keywords
    second stylish chic elegant refined subtle sophisticated maiden comparison rank order type B celestial stem eastern taste clever
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