Taxonomy of meanings for 乙:　　

  • yǐHEAVENLY STEM
    • nsecond Heavenly Stem
  • yǐRECORD
    • vtoNmark (a place in a manuscript) SHIJI: 乙之
  • yǐSTUBBORN
    • vi.redfigurativebe stubbornly fixed and difficult to draw outCH

Additional information about 乙

說文解字: 【乙】，象春艸木冤曲而出，陰气尚彊，其出乙乙也。 〔小徐本「彊」作「強」。〕 與丨同意。乙承甲，象人頸。 〔小徐本「頸」下有「也」。〕 凡乙之屬皆从乙。 【於筆切】

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  • VARIABLE

    甲乙丙 are currently used as variables ranging over persons in legal texts, and also in mathematical texts like JIUZHANG. The analysis of the use of variables in mathematical texts is obviously of great importance. An abstract term for a variable does not exist in Chinese, and neither does it in Greek, where Aristotle made extensive and highly systematic use of variables which stand for predicates.