Radical 5
{{Short description|Kangxi radical}}
{{other uses|Square root of 5}}
{{Infobox Kangxi radical
|5|uni=4E59
|meaning=second, fishing hook
|pny= yǐ
|bopo=一ˇ
|gr= yii
|wade= i3
|jyutping= jyut3
|yale= yut
|poj= it
|hang=새 sae
|hanja=을 eul
|onyomi=オツ otsu
|kunyomi=きのと kinoto /おと oto
|jp=乙 otsu
乙繞/おつにょう otsunyoū
釣り針/つりばり tsuribari (fishing hook)
|hanviet=ất
}}
Radical 5 or radical second ({{Lang|zh-Hant|乙部}}), meaning "second", is one of 6 of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of only one stroke. However, this radical is mainly used to categorize miscellaneous characters otherwise not belonging to any radical, mainly featuring a hook or fold, and 乙 is the character with the fewest strokes.
In the ancient Chinese cyclic character numeral system, 乙 represents the second Celestial stem (天干 tiāngān).
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 42 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
In mainland China, {{Lang|zh-cn|乙}} along with other 14 associated indexing components, including {{Lang|zh-cn|乚}}, etc., are affiliated to a new radical {{Lang|zh-cn|乛}} ({{Lang|zh-cn|乛部}}), which is the 5th principal indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries.GF 0011–2009 汉字部首表 (The Table of Indexing Chinese Character Component {{sic}}) Usually, only several out of the 15 variant components are listed under radical {{Lang|zh-cn|乛}} in dictionary indexes.
Evolution
File:乙-oracle.svg|Oracle bone script character
File:乙-bronze.svg|Bronze script character
File:乙-bigseal.svg|Large seal script character
File:乙-seal.svg|Small seal script character
Derived characters
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! Strokes !! Characters | |
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| +0 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|乙}} {{Linktext|乚}} {{Linktext|乛}}Component only |
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| +1 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|乜}} {{Linktext|九}} |
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| +2 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|乞}} {{Linktext|也}} {{Linktext|习}}SC (={{Linktext|習}} -> 羽) |
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| +3 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|乢}} {{Linktext|乣}} {{Linktext|乤}}KO {{Linktext|乥}}KO |
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| +4 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|乧}}KO |
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| +5 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|乨}} {{Linktext|乩}} {{Linktext|乪}} {{Linktext|乫}}KO {{Linktext|乬}}KO {{Linktext|乭}}KO {{Linktext|乮}}KO {{Linktext|乯}}KO |
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| +6 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|乱}} (SC/JP, =亂) {{Linktext|乲}}KO |
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| +7 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|乳}} {{Linktext|乴}}KO {{Linktext|乵}}KO {{Linktext|乶}}KO {{Linktext|乷}}KO {{Linktext|乸}} |
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| +8 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|乹}} {{Linktext|乺}}KO {{Linktext|乻}}KO {{Linktext|乼}}KO {{Linktext|乽}}KO |
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| +10 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|乾}} {{Linktext|乿}} {{Linktext|亀}}JP (={{Linktext|龜|lang=ja}} -> {{Lang|ja|龜}}) |
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| +11 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|亁}} (=乾) |
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| +12 | style="font-size: large;" | {{Linktext|亂}} {{Linktext|亃}} {{Linktext|亄}} |
In the Unihan Database, {{Linktext|亀|lang=ja}} (Japanese simplified form of {{Linktext|龜|lang=ja}}) falls under Radical 5 + 10 strokes, while other variants of {{Lang|ja|龜}} (including Simplified Chinese {{Lang|zh-cn|龟}}) fall under Radical 213 ({{Lang|ja|龜}} "turtle"), causing an inconsistency. However, in most Japanese dictionaries, {{Lang|ja|亀}} is treated as a variant of Radical 213 ({{Lang|ja|龜}}) and indexed Radical 213 + 0 strokes.
Sinogram
As an independent character it is a Jōyō kanji, or a kanji used in writing the Japanese language. It is a secondary school kanji.{{Cite web |title=KANJI-Link |url=http://www.kanji-link.com/en/kanji/grade/ |access-date=2023-06-02 |website=www.kanji-link.com |language=en}} It is also used in the Chinese language.
It means "secondary" and is mainly used in compounds.
See also
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book|last= Fazzioli |first= Edoardo |others= calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko |title= Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters |year= 1987 |publisher= Abbeville Press |location= New York |isbn= 0-89659-774-1}}
- {{cite book|last= Leyi |first= Li |title= Tracing the Roots of Chinese Characters: 500 Cases |year= 1993 |location= Beijing |isbn= 978-7-5619-0204-2}}