貳

See also: 二 and 贰

貳 U+8CB3, 貳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8CB3 ← 貲 [U+8CB2] CJK Unified Ideographs 貴 → [U+8CB4]

Translingual

Traditional	貳
Shinjitai	弐
Simplified	贰

Han character

貳 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 戈心一一金 (IPMMC), four-corner 4380₀, composition ⿹弍貝 or ⿹弋⿱二貝)

Derived characters

• 㒃, 㦐, 膩 (腻), 樲 (𬃘), 㹑

Additional Derived Characters

• 𠽬, 𢄽, 𢴧, 𭲘, 𲀈, 𧸐, 𬥠

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1206, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36703
• Dae Jaweon: page 1669, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3629, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8CB3

Chinese

trad.		貳
simp.		贰
2nd round simp.		弍
alternative forms		貮 𢎐 𠍎 弐

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 貳
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (二) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
膩	*nis
二	*njis
弍	*njis
貳	*njis
樲	*njis

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *njis): semantic 貝 + phonetic 弍 (OC *njis, “two”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): èr (er⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄦˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ji⁶
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngi

  (Hailu, HRS): ngi^˖

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zi⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jī / lī / gī
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶gni

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: èr
    • Zhuyin: ㄦˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: èr
    • Wade–Giles: êrh⁴
    • Yale: èr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ell
    • Palladius: эр (er)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀɤɻ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: ji⁶
    • Yale: yih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ji⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: yi⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiː²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngi
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngi
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngi⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngi^˖
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi³³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zi⁵
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cī
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si¹¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Sanxia, Magong)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī
    • Tâi-lô: jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ji
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi²²/
    • Sinological IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /d͡zi³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Lukang, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī
    • Tâi-lô: lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: li
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /li³³/
    • Sinological IPA (Lukang): /li³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Kinmen): /li²²/
  • (Hokkien: Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gī
    • Tâi-lô: gī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gi
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gni
    • MiniDict: nyi^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲi²³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 貳 (貳心)
Mandarin	Beijing	/əɻ⁵¹/
	Harbin	/ɚ⁵³/
	Tianjin	/əɻ⁵³/
	Jinan	/əɻ²¹/
	Qingdao	/əɻ⁴²/ /ɭə⁵⁵/
	Zhengzhou	/ɭ³¹²/
	Xi'an	/əɻ⁴⁴/
	Xining	/ɛ²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/əɻ¹³/
	Lanzhou	/ɯ¹³/
	Ürümqi	/ɚ²¹³/
	Wuhan	/ɯ³⁵/
	Chengdu	/əɻ¹³/
	Guiyang	/ɚ²¹³/
	Kunming	/ə²¹²/
	Nanjing	/əɻ⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/a⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/əɻ⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/əɻ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/aɻ⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/ȵi²³/ /əl²³/
	Suzhou	/əl³¹/
	Hangzhou	/əl⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/ŋ²²/
Hui	Shexian	/ɛ²²/
	Tunxi	/n̩¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/ə⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/e²¹/
Gan	Nanchang	/ɵ²¹/
Hakka	Meixian	/ŋi⁵³/
	Taoyuan	/ŋi⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/ji²²/
	Nanning	/ji²²/
	Hong Kong	/ji²²/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/li²²/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/nɛi²⁴²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/ni⁴⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/zi³⁵/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/no³³/ 訓兩

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• Middle Chinese: nyijH

Rime
Character	貳
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/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑiH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	èr
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ji6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*ni[j]-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*njis/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	貳
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	貳
Reading #	1/1
No.	2826
Phonetic component	二
Rime group	脂
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	二
Old Chinese	/*njis/

Definitions

貳

1. (Classical) secondary; assistant
2. (literary, or in compounds) to be unfaithful; to be disloyal

   • 事君而不貳兮，迷不知寵之門。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     事君而不贰兮，迷不知宠之门。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Chu Ci

     Shì jūn ér bù èr xī, mí bù zhī chǒng zhī mén. [Pinyin]

     I serve you, and have never been disloyal; I am puzzled, and have no idea of the gateway to being favoured.

   • 那裡還敢發生什麼貳心。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     那里还敢发生什么贰心。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Lu Xun, Er Xin Ji, 1931

     Nǎlǐ hái gǎn fāshēng shénme èrxīn. [Pinyin]

     How would I dare develop an intention of defection?

3. (financial) alternative form of 二 (èr, “two”)

Synonyms

• (to be disloyal):

edit

• 出賣 / 出卖 (chūmài)
• 反逆 (fǎnnì)
• 叛逆 (pànnì)
• 背叛 (bèipàn)
• 變節 / 变节 (biànjié)

Compounds

• 不疑貳 / 不疑贰
• 不貳 / 不贰 (bù'èr)
• 不貳過 / 不贰过 (bù'èrguò)
• 倅貳 / 倅贰
• 副貳 / 副贰
• 國不堪貳 / 国不堪贰 (guóbùkān'èr)
• 國之貳 / 国之贰
• 懷貳 / 怀贰
• 攜貳 / 携贰 (xié'èr)
• 析律貳端 / 析律贰端
• 猜貳 / 猜贰
• 疑貳 / 疑贰
• 貳令 / 贰令
• 貳卿 / 贰卿
• 貳室 / 贰室
• 貳師 / 贰师
• 貳廣 / 贰广
• 貳心 / 贰心 (èrxīn)
• 貳獎 / 贰奖
• 貳臣 / 贰臣 (èrchén)
• 貳臣傳 / 贰臣传
• 貳言 / 贰言 (èryán)
• 貳車 / 贰车
• 陪貳 / 陪贰
• 離貳 / 离贰

See also

Chinese numbers
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	102	103	104	106	108	1012
Normal (小寫 / 小写)	〇, 零, 空	一, 蜀	二, 兩 / 两	三	四	五	六	七	八	九	十	百	千	萬 / 万, 十千 (Malaysia, Singapore)	百萬 / 百万, 桶(Philippines), 面桶 (Philippines)	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

In Min Nan numbers, the vernacular (白) pronunciation is the more common pronunciation, while the literary (文) reading is used for reading numbers out loud, such as in phone numbers. Please note that this usage is similar to the usage of the variant 幺 for the numeral 一 in Mandarin.

References

• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “贰”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 61.

Japanese

Shinjitai	弐
Kyūjitai	貳

Kanji

貳

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 弐)

1. Kyūjitai form of 弐

Readings

• Go-on: に (ni)
• Kan-on: じ (ji)
• Kun: ふたつ (futatsu, 貳つ)、そえ (soe, 貳)

See also

Japanese numbers
Number	Kanji	Kana	Romaji
0	零	れい、ゼロ	rei, zero
1	一、壱、弌、壹	いち	ichi
2	二、弐、貳、貮	に	ni
3	三、参、參	さん	san
4	四、肆	よん、し	yon, shi
5	五、伍	ご	go
6	六、陸	ろく	roku
7	七、漆	なな、しち	nana, shichi
8	八、捌	はち	hachi
9	九、玖	きゅう、く	kyū, ku
10	十、拾	じゅう	jū
100	百、陌、佰	ひゃく	hyaku
1,000	千、阡、仟	せん	sen
10,000	一万、万、一萬、萬	いちまん、まん	ichiman, man
100,000,000	一億、億	いちおく、おく	ichioku, oku

Korean

Hanja

貳 • (i) (hangeul 이, revised i, McCune–Reischauer i, Yale i)

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Vietnamese

Han character

貳: Hán Nôm readings: nhị, nhì, nhẹ

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