二

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二 U+4E8C, 二
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E8C
← 事
[U+4E8B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 亍 →
[U+4E8D]
⼆ U+2F06, ⼆
KANGXI RADICAL TWO
← ⼅
[U+2F05] 		Kangxi Radicals ⼇ →
[U+2F07]
㈡ U+3221, ㈡
PARENTHESIZED IDEOGRAPH TWO
← ㈠
[U+3220] 		Enclosed CJK Letters and Months ㈢ →
[U+3222]
㊁ U+3281, ㊁
CIRCLED IDEOGRAPH TWO
← ㊀
[U+3280] 		Enclosed CJK Letters and Months ㊂ →
[U+3282]
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Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
2 strokes
Stroke order

Han character[edit]

See images of
Radical 7 二

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

  1. Kangxi radical #7, ⼆.
  2. Shuowen Jiezi radical №479

Derived characters[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Chinese Wikisource has digitized text of the Kangxi Dictionary entry for 二:

Wikisource


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

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
 二
alternative forms 貳／贰 financial
弍
𠄠

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 二
Shang Western Zhou Spring and Autumn Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming) Libian (compiled in Qing)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Qin slip script Ancient script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts Clerical script
Oracle bone script

j28182

j28183

j28184

j28185

j28186

j28187

j28188

j28189

j28190

j28191

j28192

j28193

j28194

j28195

j28196

j28197

j28198

j28199

Bronze inscriptions

b18613

b18614

b18615

b18616

b18617

b18618

b18619

b18620

b18621

b18622

b18623

b18624

b18625

b18626

b18627

b18628

b18629

b18630

b18631

b18632

b18633

Small seal script

s10124

Transcribed ancient scripts

L19175

L19176

L19177

L19178

L19179

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (二) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
膩 *nis
二 *njis
弍 *njis
貳 *njis
樲 *njis

Ideogram (指事) - two parallel strokes. Compare with 一, one stroke meaning one, 三, three strokes meaning three, and 亖 (sì), four strokes meaning four. Duplication of 一 (“one”).

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g/s-ni-s. Cognate to Tibetan གཉིས (gnyis), Sikkimese ཉི (nyi), Tangut 𗍫 (*njɨ̱¹), Burmese နှစ် (hnac), and Sichuan Yi ꑍ (nyip). See also: 次 (OC *sn̥ʰis, “second; next”), a cognate within Chinese languages.

Pronunciation[edit]

Note: no6 - semantic (substitute for 兩／两).
Note:
  • 3nyi - colloquial;
  • 3hher - literary;
  • 3lian - alternative, from 兩／两, younger speakers only.
  • Xiang
    • Rime
    Character 二
    Reading # 1/1
    Initial (聲) 日 (38)
    Final (韻) 脂 (15)
    Tone (調) Departing (H)
    Openness (開合) Open
    Division (等) III
    Fanqie 而至切
    Baxter nyijH
    Reconstructions
    Zhengzhang
    Shangfang         		/ȵiɪH/
    Pan
    Wuyun         		/ȵiH/
    Shao
    Rongfen         		/ȵʑjɪH/
    Edwin
    Pulleyblank         		/ȵiH/
    Li
    Rong         		/ȵiH/
    Wang
    Li         		/ȵʑiH/
    Bernard
    Karlgren         		/ȵʑiH/
    Expected
    Mandarin
    Reflex         		èr
    Expected
    Cantonese
    Reflex         		ji6
    Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
    Character 二
    Reading # 1/1
    Modern
    Beijing
    (Pinyin)         		èr
    Middle
    Chinese         		‹ nyijH ›
    Old
    Chinese         		/*ni[j]-s/
    English 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 二
    Reading # 1/1
    No. 2824
    Phonetic
    component         		二
    Rime
    group         		脂
    Rime
    subdivision         		2
    Corresponding
    MC rime         		二
    Old
    Chinese         		/*njis/

    Definitions[edit]

    二

    1. two
      二號線／二号线  ―  èr hào xiàn  ―  line no. 2
    2. second
      二哥  ―  èrgē  ―  second elder brother
    3. † secondary, vice-
    4. † again, once more
    5. † two-fold, double
    6. † fold, times
    7. † different; other, else
      二意  ―  èryì  ―  (please add an English translation of this example)
      二心  ―  èrxīn  ―  (please add an English translation of this example)
    8. (handwritten, dated, now informal) An iteration mark denoting the repetition of the previous hanzi; often written at a smaller size when used for this purpose.
      Synonyms: 々, 〻
    9. Short for "twenty, two hundred or two thousand" after hundreds, thousands and ten thousands.
      ※ Such a definition of a number results from a number's being used without a unit after a quantity with both a value (exists even if hidden) and a unit to indicate the quantity with the value being the number and the unit one grade lower. So does the next definition.
      百二 [Cantonese]  ―  baak3 ji6 [Jyutping]  ―  one hundred twenty
      百二 [Hokkien]  ―  pah jī [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  one hundred twenty
      買電腦花了一千二。 [MSC, trad.]
      买电脑花了一千二。 [MSC, simp.]
      Mǎi diànnǎo huā le yī qiān èr. [Pinyin]
      Buying the computer cost me a thousand and two hundred bucks.
    10. Short for "twenty cents".
      黃瓜一塊二一斤。／黄瓜一块二一斤。  ―  Huángguā yī kuài èr yī jīn.  ―  The cucumbers are one dollar twenty per half kilogram.
    11. (dialectal Mandarin) stupid, dumb; silly, thick, lacking mental agility (often in a cute way)
      你這人怎麼這麼二！ [MSC, trad.]
      你这人怎么这么二！ [MSC, simp.]
      Nǐ zhè rén zěnme zhème èr! [Pinyin]
      Why are you so incorrigibly stupid!
    12. (Hong Kong Cantonese, school slang) to obtain a level two in a subject in DSE (exam) (usually implies failing the subject)
      我中文二咗，入唔到U。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
      ngo5 zung1 man4-2 ji6 zo2, jap6 m4 dou3 ju1. [Jyutping]
      I got a level two in Chinese, can't get into university.
    13. (Classical Chinese) Alternative form of 貳／贰 (èr); usually limited to the simplified script
      不二过  ―  bù'èrguò  ―  (please add an English translation of this example)

    Usage notes[edit]

    See 兩 - Usage notes.

    Synonyms[edit]

    • (used in counting) 兩／两 (liǎng)

    See also[edit]

    Chinese numbers
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 102 103 104 108 1012
    Normal
    (小寫／小写)     		〇, 零 一 二 三 四 五 六 七 八 九 十 百 千 萬／万
    十千 (Malaysia, Singapore)     		億／亿 兆 (Taiwan)
    萬億／万亿 (Mainland China)
    Financial
    (大寫／大写)     		零 壹 貳／贰 參／叁 肆 伍 陸／陆 柒 捌 玖 拾 佰 仟
    Playing cards in Mandarin · 撲克牌／扑克牌 (pūkèpái) (layout · text)
    尖兒／尖儿 (jiānr) 二 (èr) 三 (sān) 四 (sì) 五 (wǔ) 六 (liù) 七 (qī)
    八 (bā) 九 (jiǔ) 十 (shí) 鉤兒／钩儿 (gōur) 圈兒／圈儿 (quānr), 皮蛋 (pídàn, regional) K 小王 (xiǎowáng, black), 大王 (red),
    小鬼 (xiǎoguǐ, black), 大鬼 (dàguǐ, red)

    Compounds[edit]

    Descendants[edit]

    Sino-Xenic (二):
    • → Japanese: 二(に) (ni)
    • → Korean: 이(二) (i)
    • → Vietnamese: nhị (二)

    Others:

    Japanese[edit]

    Kanji[edit]

    二

    (grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

    Alternative forms[edit]

    • 弐 (financial or formal)

    Readings[edit]

    Compounds[edit]

    Derived terms[edit]

    Etymology 1[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    二
    に
    Grade: 1
    on’yomi

    From Middle Chinese 二 (ȵiɪH, “two”). Compare modern Min Dong reading nê.

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    二(に) • (ni) 

    1. two, 2
    2. second
      二(に)兎(と)を追(お)う者(もの)は一兎(いっと)をも得(え)ず
      nito o ou mono wa itto o mo ezu
      focus on one thing at a time (literally, “one who chases two rabbits catches neither one”)
      二(に)の足(あし)を踏(ふ)む
      ni no ashi o fumu
      hesitate; think twice (literally, “step on two feet”)
      二(に)階(かい)から目(め)薬(ぐすり)
      nikai kara megusuri
      trying to do an impossible task (literally, “(taking) eye medicine from the second floor”)

    Numeral[edit]

    Japanese cardinal numbers
     <  1 2 3  > 
        Cardinal : 二

    二(に) • (ni) 

    1. two, 2

    Etymology 2[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    二
    ふた
    Grade: 1
    kun’yomi

    Originally /huta/: *[puta] > [ɸuta]. The ablaut form of 一 (hito2, “one”), which it doubles.

    From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *puta. Cognate with Japanese 双(ふた) (futa).

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Noun[edit]

    二(ふた) • (futa) 

    1. two
    Coordinate terms[edit]
    Japanese numbers
    0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
    Regular 零(れい) (rei)
    零(ゼロ) (zero)     		一(いち) (ichi) 二(に) (ni) 三(さん) (san) 四(よん) (yon)
    四(し) (shi)     		五(ご) (go) 六(ろく) (roku) 七(なな) (nana)
    七(しち) (shichi)     		八(はち) (hachi) 九(きゅう) (kyū)
    九(く) (ku)     		十(じゅう) (jū)
    Formal 壱(いち) (ichi) 弐(に) (ni) 参(さん) (san) 拾(じゅう) (jū)
    90 100 300 600 800 1,000 3,000 8,000 10,000 100,000,000
    Regular 九(きゅう)十(じゅう) (kyūjū) 百(ひゃく) (hyaku)
    一(いっ)百(ぴゃく) (ippyaku)     		三(さん)百(びゃく) (sanbyaku) 六(ろっ)百(ぴゃく) (roppyaku) 八(はっ)百(ぴゃく) (happyaku) 千(せん) (sen)
    一(いっ)千(せん) (issen)     		三(さん)千(ぜん) (sanzen) 八(はっ)千(せん) (hassen) 一(いち)万(まん) (ichiman) 一(いち)億(おく) (ichioku)
    Formal 一(いち)萬(まん) (ichiman)
    1012 8×1012 1013 1016 6×1016 8×1016 1017 1018
    一(いっ)兆(ちょう) (itchō) 八(はっ)兆(ちょう) (hatchō) 十(じゅっ)兆(ちょう) (jutchō) 一(いっ)京(けい) (ikkei) 六(ろっ)京(けい) (rokkei) 八(はっ)京(けい) (hakkei) 十(じゅっ)京(けい) (jukkei) 百(ひゃっ)京(けい) (hyakkei)

    Etymology 3[edit]

    Kanji in this term
    二
    ある
    Grade: 1
    irregular

    Borrowing from Mandarin 二 (èr).

    Pronunciation[edit]

    Numeral[edit]

    二(アル) • (aru) 

    1. two, 2
    Coordinate terms[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    2. ^ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

    Korean[edit]

    Etymology[edit]

    Korean numbers (edit)
    20
     ←  1 2 3  → 
        Native isol.: 둘 (dul)
        Native attr.: 두 (du)
        Sino-Korean: 이 (i)
        Hanja: 二
        Ordinal: 둘째 (duljjae)

    From Middle Chinese 二 (MC nyijH).

    Historical Readings
    Dongguk Jeongun Reading
    Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 ᅀᅵᆼ〮 (Yale: zí)
    Middle Korean
    Text Eumhun
    Gloss (hun) Reading
    Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[1] 두〯 (Yale: twǔ) ᅀᅵ〯 (Yale: zǐ)
    Gwangju Cheonjamun, 1575 두 (Yale: twu) 이 (Yale: i)

    Pronunciation[edit]

    • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [i(ː)]
    • Phonetic hangul: [이(ː)]
      • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

    Hanja[edit]

    Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

    Wikisource

    二 (eumhun 두 이 (du i))

    1. Hanja form? of 이 (“two”).

    Compounds[edit]

    Compounds

    References[edit]

    • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

    Vietnamese[edit]

    Han character[edit]

    二: Hán Việt readings: nhị[1][2][3]
    二: Nôm readings: nhì[1][2][3], nhị[2][3][4], nhẹ[1]

    1. chữ Hán form of nhị (“two”).
    2. Nôm form of nhì (“two”).

    Derived terms[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nguyễn (2014).
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Trần (2004).
    4. ^ Hồ (1976).

    Zhuang[edit]

    Numeral[edit]

    二

    1. Sawndip form of ngeih

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