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JLPT N5 SL1 2 strokes Frequency: #8

Meanings

two

Radicals

Decomposition

⿱一一

Etymology

Ideographic: Two  parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three)

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 2

Stroke Order

1 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left
2 horizontal bottom-to-top
On'yomi (Chinese reading)
ni

Used in compound words

ji
Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)
ふた futa

Standalone, with つ suffix

ふたたび futatabi
ふつ futsu

Special reading for 二日

はつ hatsu

Special reading for 二十日

Words Using This Kanji

744 words total
Other (20 words)
一国二制度 いっこくにせいど

one country, two systems (Chinese policy allowing for areas such as Hong Kong to maintain their own economic and administrative systems)

二丁投げ にちょうなげ

body drop throw (sweeping the opponent's legs and throwing them forward)

二枚鑑札 にまいかんさつ

holding two positions at once (esp. of rikishi or judges who are also coaches)

二階から目薬 にかいからめぐすり

frustratingly difficult task

二輪草 にりんそう

soft windflower

上二段活用 かみにだんかつよう

conjugation (inflection, declension) of nidan verbs (resulting in a stem of either "i" or "u" for every conjugation)

下二段活用 しもにだんかつよう

conjugation (inflection, declension) of nidan verbs (resulting in a stem of either "e" or "u" for every conjugation)

二段活用 にだんかつよう

conjugation of nidan verbs

二重人格者 にじゅうじんかくしゃ

someone with a dual personality

二人称代名詞 ににんしょうだいめいし

second-person pronoun

二丁鎌 にちょうがま

two sickles used in Okinawan Kobudo

二杯酢 にはいず

vinegar and soy sauce mixed in roughly equal proportions

二酸化マンガン にさんかマンガン

manganese dioxide (MnO2)

熱力学の第二法則 ねつりきがくのだいにほうそく

second law of thermodynamics

二クロム酸カリウム にクロムさんカリウム

potassium dichromate (K2Cr2O7)

二水 にすい

kanji "ice" radical

二十脚 にじゅうあし

kanji "twenty legs" radical (radical 55)

十二直 じゅうにちょく

twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activities

二十八宿 にじゅうはっしゅく

28 mansions of Chinese astronomy (constellations dividing the ecliptic into 28 positions)

真二つに まふたつに

right in half