VocabHackerBeta
VH
DictionaryVocab Lists
Sign in
Sign in
Sign up

乙

yǐ
HSK 5
#1,869 most
frequent character
second of 10 heavenly stems 十天干
noun
adjective

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

乙 is a picture of a small stream of water. That was its first meaning. The second Heavenly Branch meaning was borrowed for its sound, and from that came second as an ordinal.

Drawn as: small water stream

乙 as a component in other characters

meaning1 character
乶
sound6 characters
艺亿忆轧钇穵
picture1 character
氹

Ask DeepSeek

Example Sentences

在十天干中，乙是第二个。
zài shítiān gān zhōng ， yǐ shì dìèrgè 。
In the ten heavenly stems, 'Yi' is the second one.
在合同中，乙方承担责任。
zài hétóng zhōng ， yǐ fāng chéngdān zérèn 。
In the contract, the second party bears the responsibility.
字母表中的第二个字母是乙。
zìmǔ biǎo zhōngde dìèrgè zìmǔ shì yǐ 。
The second letter in the alphabet is 'Yi'.

Same Characters, Different Readings

乙zhé
turning stroke (in Chinese characters), aka 折[zhe2]

Words with similar meanings

第二dìèr
second
More general term for 'second', can be used in various contexts.

Homophones

已yǐ
already, afterwards
尾yǐ
horse's tail
椅yǐ
chair

Your word lists

Sign in to add this word to your private lists.

Public Lists with 乙

Law & Legal
Contracts, lawsuits, police, courts, rules, and regulation terms.
Domain-Specific: Legal & Justice
Courts, legal frameworks, criminal law, civil law, contractual terms.
HSK 5
All words for the HSK 5 test