U+4E5B "乛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

U+4E5B "乛" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that functions primarily as a radical known as the "second" or "bent stroke" radical, which is an evolution of the ancient pictograph for a hook or a curved line. It is not a commonly used standalone character in modern Chinese but appears as a component in more complex characters, often representing a bending or turning motion. In the Kangxi Dictionary, it is classified under radical number 5, and it is used in calligraphy and character decomposition to denote a specific stroke shape. Its meaning is closely tied to concepts of bending, turning, or secondary positioning in traditional East Asian script systems.