二

Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to: navigation, search
See also: ニ (katakana), 貳, 贰, and 弍
Character  二 
Unicode name CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E8C
Unicode block CJK Unified Ideographs
Codepoint U+4E8C
 事 ← CJK Unified Ideographs → 亍 

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

Commons-logo.svg
See images of
Radical 7 二

二 (radical 7 二+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 一一 (MM), four-corner 10100, composition ⿱一一)

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 86, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 247
  • Dae Jaweon: page 175, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 2, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+4E8C

Chinese[edit]

-
simp. and trad.
 二

Etymology[edit]

Stroke order
二-bw.png
Stroke order
二-order.gif

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g/s-ni-s.

Graphically: 二 is simply two parallel lines (compare 一 and 三) suggesting a continuous relationship.

二 二 二 二
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script

Pronunciation[edit]

Middle Chinese pronunciation (二, reconstructed)
Character (二), Pronunciation 1/1

Initial: 日 (38)
Final: 脂
Division: III

Openness: Open
Tone: Departing (H)

 Fanqie: 而至切
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 Bernard
Karlgren		 Li
Rong		 Pan
Wuyun		 Edwin
Pulleyblank		 Wang
Li		 Shao
Rongfen
/ȵiɪH/ /ȵʑiH/ /ȵiH/ /ȵiH/ /ȵiH/ /ȵʑiH/ /ȵʑjɪH/
Old Chinese pronunciation (二, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character Modern Beijing
(Pinyin)		 Middle Chinese Old Chinese English
二 èr ‹ nyijH › /*ni[j]-s/ two

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

  • Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
  • Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
  • Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
  • Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
  • Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character No. Phonetic
component		 Rime
group		 Rime
subdivision		 Corresponding
MC rime		 Old Chinese Notes
二 2824 二 脂 2 二 /*njis/

Definitions[edit]

二

  1. two
  2. second
  3. † secondary, vice-
  4. † again, once more
  5. † two-fold, double
  6. † fold, times
  7. † different; other, else
  8. Short for "twenty, two hundred or two thousand" after hundreds, thousands and ten thousands.
  9. Short for "twenty cents".
  10. (Northeast Mandarin, neologism) stupid, dumb; silly, thick, lacking mental agility (often in a cute way)

Synonyms[edit]

  • 兩／两 (liǎng, "two (used in counting)")
  • 貳／贰／弍 ("two (Banker's numerals)")

See also[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

See also:
二

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Alternative forms[edit]

  • 弐 (financial or formal)

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

二 (hiragana に, romaji ni)

  1. two, 2
  2. second

Numeral[edit]

Japanese cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3  > 
    Cardinal : 二

二 (に, ni)

  1. two, 2
Idioms[edit]
  • 二兎を追う者は一兎をも得ず
    にとをおうものはいっとをもうず
    nito o oumono wa itto o mo uzu
    focus on one thing at a time
  • 二の足を踏む
    にのあしをふむ
    ni no ashi o fumu
    hesitate; think twice; shy or flinch
  • 二階から目薬
    にかいからめぐすり
    nikai kara megusuri
    trying to do an impossible task; taking eye medicine from the 2nd floor

Etymology 2[edit]

Originally /huta/: *[puta] > [ɸuta]. The Ablaut form of fito2 (“one”), which it doubles.

Noun[edit]

二 (hiragana ふた, romaji futa)

  1. two

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

二 (i)
Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul): 이 (revised: i, McCune-Reischauer: i, Yale: i)
  • Name (hangeul): 둘 (revised: dul, McCune-Reischauer: tul, Yale: twul)
  1. This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove {{defn}}.

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

二 (nhì, nhị)

  1. This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove {{defn}}.

References[edit]

Wu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Chinese 二 (*njì).

Pronunciation[edit]

Latin Alphabet: ní

Zhuyin Fuhao:ㄋㄧˊ

  • This entry needs a definition. Please add one, then remove {{defn}}.
Retrieved from "http://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=二&oldid=32411903"