二
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[edit] Translingual
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[edit] Etymology
二 is simply two parallel lines (compare 一 and 三) suggesting a continuous relationship.
[edit] Han character
二 (radical 7 二+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 一一 (MM), four-corner 10100, composition ⿱一一)
[edit] References
- 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
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From Middle Chinese
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[edit] Japanese
[edit] Noun
[edit] Etymology
Originally /huta/: *[puta] > [ɸuta]. Phoneme /h/ has undergone a number of phonological changes: *[p] > [ɸ]. Ablaut form of fito2 "one", which it doubles.
[edit] Noun
- two
[edit] Kanji
二 (grade 1 kanji)
[edit] Readings
- On: に (ni), じ (ji)
- Kun: ふた (futa), ふたたび (二び, futatabi), ふたつ (二つ, futatsu)
- Nanori: おと (oto), かず (kazu), つぎ (tsugi), つぐ (tsugu), にい (nii), は (ha), ふ (fu), ふたつ (futatsu), ふだ (fuda), わ (wa)
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[edit] Idioms
- 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
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[edit] Korean
[edit] Hanja
二
Eumhun:
- Sound (hangeul): 이 (revised: i, McCune-Reischauer: i, Yale: i)
- Name (hangeul): 둘 (revised: dul, McCune-Reischauer: tul, Yale: twul)
[edit] Mandarin
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[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Hanzi
二 (pinyin èr (er4), Wade-Giles erh4)
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[edit] Cardinal number
二 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin èr)
[edit] Synonyms
[edit] Middle Chinese
[edit] Han character
二 (*njì)
[edit] Min Nan
[edit] Han character
二 (jī)
[edit] Vietnamese
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[edit] Wu
[edit] Pronunciation
IPA:
Latin Alphabet: ní
Zhuyin Fuhao:ㄋㄧˊ
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