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Codepoint: U+4E59 (20057) Unified

Base character

鳦 (U+9CE6)

Variants

Definitions

CC-CEDICT

  1. second of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]
  2. second in order
  3. letter "B" or Roman "II" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc
  4. second party (in legal contract, usually 乙方[yi3 fang1], as opposed to 甲方[jia3 fang1])
  5. ethyl
  6. bent
  7. winding
  8. radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 5)
  9. ancient Chinese compass point: 105°
  10. turning stroke (in Chinese characters), aka 折[zhe2]

Unihan definition

second; 2nd heavenly stem

說文解字

部: 乙部

象春艸木冤曲而出,陰气尚彊,其出乙乙也。與丨同意。乙承甲,象人頸。凡乙之屬皆从乙。

康熙字典

部: 乙部0畫 共1畫

【唐韻】於筆切
【集韻】億姞切【韻會】【正韻】益悉切,𠀤音鳦。十幹名。東方木行也。
【爾雅·釋天】太歲在乙曰旃蒙。月在乙曰橘。
【前漢·律歷志】奮軋於乙。
【京房易傳】乙,屈也。
又凡讀書,以筆志其止處曰乙。
【史記·東方朔傳】朔初上書,人主從上方讀之,止輒乙其處,讀三月乃盡。
又唐試士式,塗幾字,乙幾字。抹去譌字曰塗,字有遺脫,句其旁而增之曰乙。
又【太乙數】有君基太乙,五福太乙諸名。
又【前漢·藝文志】有天乙三篇。【註】天乙謂湯,其言非殷時,皆假託也。
又姓。漢南郡大守乙世,前燕護軍乙逸,明乙瑄,乙山。
又【爾雅·釋魚】魚腸謂之乙。
【禮·內則】魚去乙。【註】魚餒必自腸始,形屈如乙字。一說魚腮骨,在目旁,如篆文乙,食之鯁不可出,去之乃食。
又【茅亭客話】虎有威如乙字,長三寸許,在脅兩旁皮下,取得佩之,臨官而能威衆。無官佩之,無憎疾者。
【蘇軾詩】得如虎挾乙。

廣韻 Guangyun

部: 入聲|5.質

於筆切辰名爾雅太歲在乙曰旃蒙亦姓前燕有乙又夷複姓三氏後魏獻帝命叔父之𦙍曰乙旃氏前燕録有高麗王乙弗利後魏有乙千貴又夷三字姓乙速孤氏三

Variant-specific definitions (2)

乚 (U+4E5A)

Unihan definition

hidden, mysterious, secret; to conceal; small; minute

𠃉 (U+200C9)

康熙字典

【唐韻】烏轄切【集韻】【韻會】乙黠切,𠀤音軋。
【說文】𤣥鳥也。齊魯謂之𠃉,取其鳴自呼。
【張融·答周顒書】道佛兩殊,非鳧則𠃉。一作鳦。
又𠃉𠃉,難出之貌。
【陸機·文賦】思𠃉𠃉其若抽。一本作軋軋。 
【說文徐註】此與甲乙之乙相類,其形舉首下曲,與甲乙字少異。
【字彙】《說文》燕𠃉之𠃉,甲乙之乙,字異音異,隷文旣通作乙。而燕𠃉字,亦與甲乙字同音,故甲乙之乙,亦云燕鳥。

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Translingual 2
Fanqie 1
General Chinese (Chao, 1983) 1
Mandarin Chinese 20
Standard Mandarin 1
Beijing 1
Jinan 1
Xian 1
Wuchang 1
Guilin(Lingui) 1
Liuzhou(Luorong) 1
Hefei 1
Old National Pronunciation 1
Menggu Ziyun 6
  • Menggu Ziyun 蒙古字韻 (Phags-pa script): ꡖꡞ ((Nk2028/menggu-ziyun-data, 2025))
  • Menggu Ziyun 蒙古字韻 (Phags-pa script): ꡖꡞ (Nk2028/menggu-ziyun-data, 2025)
  • Menggu Ziyun 蒙古字韻 (IPA): ʔi ((Nk2028/menggu-ziyun-data, 2025))
  • Menggu Ziyun 蒙古字韻 (IPA): ʔi (Nk2028/menggu-ziyun-data, 2025)
  • Menggu Ziyun 蒙古字韻 tone: 入 ((Nk2028/menggu-ziyun-data, 2025))
  • Menggu Ziyun 蒙古字韻 tone: 入 (Nk2028/menggu-ziyun-data, 2025)
Zhongyuan Yinyun 5
  • Zhongyuan Yinyun 中原音韻 (楊耐思): i (周德清, 1324; nk2028/zhongyuan-data, 2023)
  • Zhongyuan Yinyun 中原音韻 (寧繼福): i (周德清, 1324; nk2028/zhongyuan-data, 2023)
  • Zhongyuan Yinyun 中原音韻 (薛鳳生): yɨy (周德清, 1324; nk2028/zhongyuan-data, 2023)
  • Zhongyuan Yinyun 中原音韻 (unt): i (周德清, 1324; nk2028/zhongyuan-data, 2023)
  • Zhongyuan Yinyun 中原音韻 tone: 入作去 (周德清, 1324; nk2028/zhongyuan-data, 2023)
Jin Chinese 1
Taiyuan 1
Wu Chinese 12
Suzhou 1
Shanghai(Sanlintang) 1
Wenzhou 1
Yunhe 1
Kaihua 1
Longyou 1
Changshan 1
Jiangshan(Jiangshanshi) 1
Yushan 1
Suichang 1
Pucheng(Nanpuzhenchengguanhua) 1
Qingyuan 1
Gan Chinese 2
Taining(Chengguanhua) 1
Jianning(Chengguanhua) 1
Xiang Chinese 5
Zhangsha 1
Shuangfeng 2
Quanzhou(Xiancheng) 1
Guanyang(Wenshi) 1
Min Chinese 38
Nanan(Ximeizhen) 1
Zhangzhou 1
Shamen 1
Zhangpu 1
Chaozhou(Fuchenghua) 1
Chaozhou(Hanyufangyinzihui) 1
Jieyang(Rongchenghua) 1
Chenghai 1
Shantou(Shantoushiqu) 1
Haifeng(Haichengzhen) 1
Lufeng(Neihuzhen) 1
Dabuyuanzhouzi(Xianggangxinjiefulaohua) 1
Dianbai(Xiadongzhenlihua) 1
Haikang(Leichenghua) 1
Xianyou(Chengguanhua) 1
Putian 1
Gutian 1
Mazu 1
Fuzhou 1
Fuqing 1
Zherong 1
Fuan 1
Ningde 1
Chongan(Chongchengzhenchengguanhua) 1
Shibei 1
Jianyang(Tanchengzhenchengguanhua) 1
Songxi 1
Jianou 1
Jianou(Shizhi) 1
Shaxian(Chengguanhua) 1
Mingxi(Chengguanhua) 1
Sanming(Sanyuanhua) 1
Pingnan(Shangduyabu)(Guangxihanyufangyan) 1
Zhongshan(Longdou)(Zhujiangsanjiaozhou) 1
Zhongshan(Longdou)(Guangdongminfangyan) 1
Zhongshan(Sanxiang) 1
Mangu(Chaozhouhua) 1
Jiangle(Chengguanhua) 1
Yue Chinese 80
Cantonese 1
Lechang 1
Renhua 1
Shaoguan 1
Yingde 1
Fugang 1
Qingyuan 1
Conghua(Chengnei) 1
Huaxian(Huashan) 1
Guiping(Xiancheng) 1
Zengcheng(Xiancheng) 1
Sanshui(Xinan) 1
Guangzhou 1
Zhaoqing(Gaoyao) 1
Foshan(Shiqu) 1
Panyu(Shiqiao) 1
Yunfu(Yuncheng) 1
Nanhai(Shatou) 1
Gaoming(Mingcheng) 1
Shunde(Daliang) 1
Xintianfantian(Weitouhua) 1
Xinxing 1
Dabusanmenzi(Danjiahua) 1
Dabutaiheng(Weitouhua) 1
Xianggang(Shiqu) 1
Xigonghaoyong(Weitouhua) 1
Aomen(Shiqu) 1
Ningming(Xiancheng) 1
Beihai(Lianzhouzhen) 1
Beihai(Nankangzhen) 1
Beihai(Shatianzhenhaibianhua) 1
Beihai(Shiqubaihua) 1
Beihai(Yingpanzhenwahua) 1
Bose(Shinei) 1
Nanning(Shinei) 1
Qinzhou(Shinei) 1
Beihai(Shinei) 1
Heshan(Yayao) 2
Jiangmen(Baisha) 1
Xinhui(Huicheng) 1
Kaiping(Chikan) 1
Doumen(Shanghengshuishanghua) 1
Taishan(Taicheng) 1
Doumen(Doumenzhen) 1
Enping(Niujiang) 1
Lingui(Wutong)(Tuhua) 1
Rongshui(Xiancheng)(Tuguaihua) 1
Lianxian(Qingshui) 1
Pingle(Zhangjia)(Tuhua) 1
Lianshan(Butian) 1
Yizhou(Desheng)(Baixinghua) 1
Yangshan 1
Mengshan(Xihe) 1
Xindou(Pumen) 1
Huaiji 1
Bose(Nabi)(Pinghua) 1
Guangning 1
Wuxuan(Zhangcun)(Yahua) 1
Fengkai(Nanfeng) 1
Sihui 1
Yunan(Pingtai) 1
Binyang(Xinqiao)(Binyanghua) 1
Deqing 1
Guigang(Nanjiang) 1
Nanning(Shajing)(Pinghua) 1
Luoding 1
Beiliu(Tangliao) 1
Hengxian(Xiancheng) 1
Fusui(Longtou)(Pinghua) 1
Chongzuo(Sipaihua)(Pinghua) 1
Bobai(Xiancheng) 1
Lingshan(Xiancheng) 1
Pubei(Xiancheng) 1
Zhongshan(Shiqi) 1
Zhuhai(Qianshan) 1
Dongguan(Guancheng) 1
Baoan(Shajing) 1
Xianggang(Xinjiejintian) 1
Mangu(Guangfuhua) 1
Pinghua 23
Ningyuan(Qingshuiqiao) 1
Longsheng(Hongyao) 1
Lingchuan(Sanjie) 1
Lingchuan(Tanxia) 1
Guilin(Chaoyang) 1
Guilin(Yanshanzhuyuan) 1
Lingui(Liangjiang) 1
Yongfu(Taocheng) 1
Yangshuo(Jima) 1
Lingui(Wutong) 1
Rongshui(Rongshuizhen) 1
Pingle(Qinglong) 1
Funing(Boai) 1
Bose(Nabi)(Pinghuayinyunyanjiu) 1
Mashan(Qiaoli) 1
Tiandong(Linfeng) 1
Binyang(Luxu) 1
Nanning(Tingzi) 1
Hengxian(Hengzhou) 1
Fusui(Longtou) 1
Longzhou(Shanglong) 1
Tengxian(Tengcheng) 1
Yulin(Fumian) 1
Hakka Chinese 25
Conghua(Lütian) 1
Meixian(Guangdong) 1
Huizhou(Shiqu) 1
Dongguan(Qingxi) 1
Shenzhen(Shatoujiao) 1
Shatoujiaomaqueling(Xianggangxinjie) 1
Xigonglizhizhuang(Xianggangxinjie) 1
Shatianchiniping(Xianggangxinjie) 1
Tunmenyangxiaokeng(Xianggangxinjie) 1
Ningdouxianmeijiangzhen 1
Shangyouxianshexixiangjiangtou 1
Nankangshirongjiangzhen 1
Anyuanxianxinshanzhen 1
Xiushuixianhuangshaqiaoxiang 1
Nanningmashan(Pianlian) 1
Yulinxingye(Gaofengxiang) 1
Yulinrongxian(Xiandizhenxiandicun) 1
Yulinbeiliu(Xilangzhenmumiancun) 1
Yulinbeiliu(Tangan) 1
Yulinfumian(Qiaozhenxinshacun) 1
Yulinluchuan(Hengshanxiangsihecun) 1
Yulinbobai(Xintianzhencuntoucun) 1
Zhongshan(Nanlangheshui) 1
Mangu(Banshankehua) 1
Malaixiya(Roufoshinaikejiahua) 1
Other Sinitic varieties 11
Fuchuan(Qidouhua) 1
Fuchuan(Badouhua) 1
Zhongshan(Gongan) 1
Hezhou(Jiudouhua) 1
Hunan(Daoxian) 1
Jiangyongchengguan(Baishuicun) 1
Fengyang 1
Xingzi 1
Xian 1
Baoan 1
Lianzhou 1
Middle Chinese 7
Stimson (1976) 1
Baxter–Sagart (2014) 1
Guangyun 3
  • Guangyun Fanqie 廣韻反切: 於筆切 (Guangyun (Siku))
  • Guangyun Rime 廣韻音韻: 質 (Guangyun (Siku))
  • Guangyun Tone 廣韻聲調: 入聲 (Guangyun (Siku))
Menggu Ziyun 2
  • Qieyun-system phonological position: 影開三B真入 ((Nk2028/menggu-ziyun-data, 2025))
  • Qieyun-system phonological position: 影開三B真入 (Nk2028/menggu-ziyun-data, 2025)
Old Chinese 1
Baxter–Sagart (2014) 1
Japonic 4
Japanese 3
Okinawan (Uchinaaguchi) 1
Koreanic 2
Korean 2
Austroasiatic 1
Vietnamese 1

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