Meanings
two
Radicals
Decomposition
⿱一一
Etymology
Ideographic: Two parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three)
Writing Practice
Stroke Order
Used in compound words
Standalone, with つ suffix
Special reading for 二日
Special reading for 二十日
Words Using This Kanji
744 words totaldouble glazing
good and evil dualism
double room
the road to paradise is a white road between two rivers, one of water (wrath) and one of fire (greed)
1932 Theses (Comintern policy documents urging overthrow of Japan's imperial and metayage systems)
bifocal lens
to compete for the first place
1927 Theses
second of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and southwest)
lead dioxide
twelve coinages minted in Japan during the Nara and Heian periods
the twelve gates of Heian Palace
Twenty-Four Histories
Twenty-Five Histories
double-width cloth
twenty questions (game)
last day of February
living together (of two people)
double-decker bus
double volcano