second

Origin & mnemonic

This radical originates from oracle-bone script, originally depicting a curled leaf or twisted object. It represents the concept of "second" or "something bent."

Mnemonic: The curved stroke resembles a rolled-up leaf, helping you remember "second" or "bent."

• 乙yǐ🔊

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

  HSK 5

  1 strokes

• 乛zhé🔊

  variant of 乙[zhe2]

  1 strokes

• 九jiǔ🔊

  nine

  HSK 1

  2 strokes

• 乜miē🔊

  used in 乜斜[mie1 xie5]

  2 strokes

• 也yě🔊

  also; too; as well; (not ...) either

  HSK 1

  3 strokes

• 乞qǐ🔊

  to beg

  3 strokes

• 乣jiǔ🔊

  old variant of 糺[jiu3]

  4 strokes

• 㐌tā🔊

  variant of 它[ta1]

  5 strokes

• 氹dàng🔊

  variant of 凼[dang4]

  5 strokes

• 乨shǐ🔊

  old variant of 始[shi3]

  6 strokes

• 乩jī🔊

  to divine

  6 strokes

• 乪nāng🔊

  a bend in a river (Cantonese)

  6 strokes

• 乱luàn🔊

  in confusion or disorder

  HSK 3

  7 strokes

• 㐖xié🔊

  used in 㐖毒[Xie2 du2]

  7 strokes

• 乳rǔ🔊

  (bound form) breast

  8 strokes

• 乴xué🔊

  to grasp

  8 strokes

• 乶fǔ🔊

  (phonetic "pol", used in Korean place names)

  8 strokes

• 乸nǎ🔊

  feminine suffix (Cantonese)

  8 strokes

• 㐜chóu🔊

  variant of 仇[chou2]

  9 strokes

• 乾qián🔊

  variant of 乾[qian2]

  11 strokes

• 㐡nuò🔊

  old variant of 懦[nuo4]

  11 strokes

• 乿zhì🔊

  old variant of 治[zhi4]

  11 strokes

• 亀guī🔊

  old variant of 龜|龟[gui1]

  11 strokes

• 㐤qiú🔊

  old variant of 求[qiu2]

  12 strokes

• 亃lín🔊

  mythical animal, said to have yellow body and white tail

  13 strokes

• 亄yì🔊

  covetous; greedy; stingy

  13 strokes