Miaozi

乙

yǐㄧˇ
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HSK 5TOCFL 6

Meaning

Meanings

  1. 1

    second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]

  2. 2

    second in order

  3. 3

    letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc

  4. 4

    second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1])

  5. 5

    ethyl

  6. 6

    bent

  7. 7

    winding

  8. 8

    radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5)

Examples

See it in context

甲之蜜糖，乙之砒霜。

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

Stroke practice

Practice writing 乙

Characters

simplified script

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