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Translingual [edit]

Stroke order
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Etymology [edit]

二 is simply two parallel lines (compare and ) suggesting a continuous relationship.

Han character [edit]

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

  1. two
  2. twice

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Cantonese [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Middle Chinese  (*njì).

Hanzi [edit]

(jyutping ji6, Yale yi6)

  1. two

Hakka [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(POJ nyi3, Guangdong ngi5, ng5 [Meixian], ngi6 [Hailu], Hagfa Pinyim ngi4)

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Japanese [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

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

Noun [edit]

(hiragana ふた, romaji futa)

  1. two

Etymology 2 [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

(hiragana , romaji ni)

  1. two, 2
  2. second
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 3 [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Alternative forms [edit]
  • (Japanese financial/formal form): 弐
Readings [edit]
Compounds [edit]
Derived terms [edit]

Etymology 4 [edit]

Number [edit]

Japanese cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3  > 
    Cardinal : 二

(, ni)

  1. two, 2



Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]


Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul):  (revised: i, McCune-Reischauer: i, Yale: i)
  • Name (hangeul):  (revised: dul, McCune-Reischauer: tul, Yale: twul)

Mandarin [edit]

simpl. and trad.

Etymology [edit]

From Middle Chinese  (*njì).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (file)
  • (file)

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin èr (er4), Wade-Giles erh4)

Compounds [edit]

Numeral [edit]

(traditional and simplified, Pinyin èr)

  1. two

Synonyms [edit]


Middle Chinese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(*njì)


Min Nan [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Middle Chinese  (*njì).

Han character [edit]

()


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(nhì, nhị)

References [edit]


Wu [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Middle Chinese  (*njì).

Pronunciation [edit]

Latin Alphabet: ní

Zhuyin Fuhao:ㄋㄧˊ