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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)
二酸化ウラン にさんかウラン

uranium dioxide

第二外国語 だいにがいこくご

second foreign language

二量体 にりょうたい

dimer

二十日正月 はつかしょうがつ

twentieth day of the first month (end of New Year celebrations, upon which remaining New Year's food is eaten, decorations are stowed away, etc.)

二クロム酸 にクロムさん

dichromic acid

二面性 にめんせい

dual nature

十二縁起説 じゅうにえんぎせつ

Buddhist theory of the twelve-fold chain of causation, interdependent origination and co-dependent arising (San: pratītya-samutpāda)

二個メ にこメ

200 metre individual medley (swimming)

定散二善 じょうさんにぜん

wholesomeness while meditating and in one's daily affairs

二の松 にのまつ

middle pine tree to a noh stage (of the three placed in front of the bridge walkway)

二国論 にこくろん

two-country model (esp. China and Taiwan)

二重衝突 にじゅうしょうとつ

double collision

十二天 じゅうにてん

twelve devas (esp. of the Shingon sect)

二番目物 にばんめもの

second play on the program

二番目狂言 にばんめきょうげん

second play on the program

三分の二 さんぶんのに

two thirds

二重の危険 にじゅうのきけん

double jeopardy

自動二輪車 じどうにりんしゃ

motorcycle (with a displacement of 50cc or more)

二四六九士 にしむくさむらい

nishimuku samurai (mnemonic for remembering the months with fewer than 31 days)

二人種 にじんしゅ

biracial