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The Radical: 乙
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Hanzi-Trainer
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Meaning |
at second position 乙
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Explanation |
Shows the number two 二 written quickly without lifting the pen. |
Used in these Kanji:
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书
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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book, letter, document
shū Simplified variante of book 書 or writing 聿 (A hand with pen 丨 writes two lines 二)
With the brush in the hand I write two lines of a book.
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乙
聿
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习
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JLPT HSK 1 |
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to practice, to study, habit
xí Shows half of feathers/wings 羽
With only half wings, you especially have to practice.
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乙
羽
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也
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JLPT HSK 2 |
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also, too
yě
Shows a twisting creature, like a snake or scorpion.
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乙
也
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艺
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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art, skills, talent, craft
yì Top: plant 艹, below: at second position 乙 (Two 二 written quickly without lifting the pen.)
Plants can at the second position also be seen as art.
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乙
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忆
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JLPT HSK 4 |
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memory, to recollect, to remember
yì Left: feelings 忄, right: at second position 乙 (The number 'two' 二 written quickly without lifting the pen.)
The feeling that comes after, in second place, is the memory.
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乙
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乙
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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second in order: a,b,c
yǐ
Shows the number two 二, written quickly, without lifting the pen.
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乙
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亿
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JLPT HSK 5 |
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100 million (=10^8)
yì Left: person 亻, (here: "1"), right: 乙 at second position 乙 (Number 'two' 二 written quickly without lifting the pen.) (If you continue the line of 乙 to the upper left, you get an eight 8)
A "one" with 8 zeros -> 100 million.
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乙
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挖
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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to dig, to excavate, to scoop out
wā Left: hand 扌, right: 穵 (hole 穴, second 乙 [Thenumber 'two' 二 written quickly, without lifting the pen.])
By hand the hole is made by the two of us: by digging.
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扌
穴
乙
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乞
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JLPT HSK 6 |
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to beg
qǐ Top: lying person as a person 人 that is horizontal, below: at 2nd position 乙 (two 二 written quickly without lifting the pen.)
There lies a disadvantaged person (= from the second 乙 class of the society): a beggar.
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乙
乞
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乾
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JLPT no HSK |
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warming principle of the sun, trad. form of dry 干
gān, qián Left: 倝 sunrise (sun 日 rises between plants 艹) [sunset is: 莫], right: horizontal person , 2nd 乙 (two 二 written quickly without lifting the pen)
At sunrise, the horizontal person feels at second position the warming sun.
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旦
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