二 — two

に二 two

Grade 1 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 2 strokes number

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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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 二(に) 回(かい) nikai twice 二(に) 度(ど) と nidoto never again 二(に) 酸(さん) 化(か) 炭(たん) 素(そ) nisankatanso carbon dioxide

し・じ shi 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 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)

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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いち一 one #1

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もと元 origin はつ発 departure あらわす表 express まく巻 scroll じん仁 humanity い井 well きょ巨 gigantic きたない汚 dirty たがい互 mutually あ亜 asia

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二 — two

Meanings

word

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

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

ふた 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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二 — two

Meanings

word

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

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

ふた 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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Components

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Used as component in (15)

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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General

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