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, 𠽬, 𢄽, 㦐, 𢴧, 𭲘, 膩(腻), 樲(𬃘), 㹑, 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
• 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/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, 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
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi²²/
    • IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /d͡zi³³/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Lukang, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī
    • Tâi-lô: lī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: li
    • IPA (Taipei): /li³³/
    • IPA (Lukang): /li³¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹/
    • 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/
Bernard 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

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)

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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