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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)
二体問題 にたいもんだい

two-body problem

二分探索 にぶんたんさく

binary search

二分探索木 にぶんたんさくぎ

binary search tree

第二県紙 だいにけんし

minor local newspaper

第二の故郷 だいにのこきょう

one's second home

武士に二言なし ぶしににごんなし

a samurai never goes back on his word

日本二十六聖人 にほんにじゅうろくせいじん

Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan

二等兵曹 にとうへいそう

petty officer (IJN, RN)

二酸化炭素吸収源 にさんかたんそきゅうしゅうげん

carbon sink

二重構造 にじゅうこうぞう

dual structure

二礼二拍手一礼 にれいにはくしゅいちれい

two bows, two claps, and a third bow (common form of worshipping at a shrine)

二礼二拍手一礼 にれいにはくしゅいちれい

two bows, two claps, and a third bow (common form of worshipping at a shrine)

二礼二拍一礼 にれいにはくいちれい

two bows, two claps, and a third bow (common form of worshipping at a shrine)

二礼二拍一礼 にれいにはくいちれい

two bows, two claps, and a third bow (common form of worshipping at a shrine)

二人静 ふたりしずか

Chloranthus serratus (species of flowering plant)

二足のわらじを履く にそくのわらじをはく

to be engaged in two trades at the same time

二級建築士 にきゅうけんちくし

registered architect with a second-class license

二要素認証 にようそにんしょう

two-factor authentication

二間続き ふたまつづき

two adjoining rooms (connected by a sliding door)

二穴同時挿入 にけつどうじそうにゅう

double penetration