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[edit] Translingual

Stroke order
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[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Han character

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

  1. two
  2. twice

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle Chinese

[edit] Hanzi

(jyutping ji6, Yale yi6)

  1. two

[edit] Japanese

[edit] Etymology 1

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

[edit] Noun

(hiragana ふた, romaji futa)

  1. two

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Noun

(hiragana , romaji ni)

  1. two, 2
  2. second
[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
  • 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

[edit] Etymology 3

[edit] Kanji

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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[edit] Etymology 4

[edit] Number

Japanese cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3   > 
    Cardinal : 二

(, ni)

  1. two, 2



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[edit] Hanja


Eumhun:

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

[edit] Mandarin

simpl. and trad.

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[edit] Hanzi

(pinyin èr (er4), Wade-Giles erh4)

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[edit] Cardinal number

(traditional and simplified, Pinyin èr)

  1. two

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[edit] Middle Chinese

[edit] Han character

(*njì)


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[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

(nhì, nhị)


[edit] Wu

[edit] Pronunciation

Latin Alphabet: ní

Zhuyin Fuhao:ㄋㄧˊ

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