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に二 two

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U+4E8C Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #9 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #2 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories. Radical #7

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On'yomi: に ni じ ji
Kun'yomi: ふた futa ふたたび futatabi

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に ni On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

二(に) ni two 二(に) 月(がつ) nigatsu February 十(じゅう) 二(に) 月(がつ) juunigatsu December 二(に) 十(じゅう) nijuu twenty 一(いち) 二(に) ichini one or two 二(に) 十(じゅう) 一(いち) 日(にち) nijuuichinichi 21st day of the month 二(に) 十(じゅう) 七(しち) 日(にち) nijuushichinichi 27th day of the month 二(に) 十(じゅう) 三(さん) 日(にち) nijuusannichi 23rd day of the month

じ ji On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

健(けん) 二(じ) kenji Kenji (male given name) 二(じ) 郎(ろう) jirou Jiro (male name)

ふた・ぷた futa Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

二(ふた) つ futatsu two (things) 二(ふた) つ目(め) futatsume second (in a series) 真(ま) っ二(ぷた) つ mapputatsu two equal parts 二(ふた) 重(え) futae double

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

二人(ふたり) futari two people 二日(ふつか) futsuka second day of the month

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S = secondary school · 43 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Appears in idioms

一石二鳥四字熟語

one stone, two birds

二者択一四字熟語

two someone, choose one

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いち一 one #1

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もと元 origin はつ発 departure あらわす表 express じん仁 humanity い井 well きょ巨 gigantic たがい互 mutually あ亜 asia な那 used in proper names に弐 two (formal)

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に ni On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

じ ji On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

ふた・ぷた futa Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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Meanings

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に ni On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

じ ji On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

ふた ・ぷた futa Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

Words by frequency and grade

Appears in idioms

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

ふた・ぷた futa Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).