Radical 5
Radical 5 meaning "second" is one of six of the 214 Kangxi radicals that are composed of only one stroke. In the ancient Chinese cyclic character numeral system tiāngān, 乙 represents the second Celestial stem.
In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 42 characters to be found under this radical.
Characters with Radical 5
| Strokes | Characters |
| without additional strokes | |
| 1 additional stroke | |
| 2 additional strokes | |
| 3 additional strokes | |
| 4 additional strokes | |
| 5 additional strokes | |
| 6 additional strokes | |
| 7 additional strokes | |
| 8 additional strokes | |
| 10 additional strokes | |
| 11 additional strokes | |
| 12 additional strokes |