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二
Grade Level: 1
JLPT Level: 4
Frequency: 9
Bushu (Radical) Info: 二 (に) two
Henshall Mnemonic: two fingers
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Stroke Order Diagram (SOD): 2 Strokes

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On-Yomi Reading(s):
ニ
ジ
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Kun-Yomi Reading(s):
ふた
ふた.つ
ふたた.び
おと
つぐ
にい
は
ふ
ふたつ
ふだ
わ
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English Meaning(s):
two
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Popular words and/or phrases using this kanji:
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- 一石二鳥 [いっせきにちょう]
(exp,n) killing two birds with one stone [K] [D]
- 一二 [いちに]
(n) the first and second; a few [K] [D]
- 十二 [じゅうに]
12; twelve [K] [D]
- 十二月 [じゅうにがつ]
(n-adv) December [K] [D]
- 十二分 [じゅうにぶん]
(adj-na,n) more than enough [K] [D]
- 真っ二つ [まっぷたつ]
(n) in two equal parts [K] [D]
- 第二次世界大戦 [だいにじせかいたいせん]
(n) World War II [K] [D]
- 二 [に]
(num) two [K] [D]
- 二つ [ふたつ]
(n) two [K] [D]
- 二つ目 [ふたつめ]
(n) one after next; second [K] [D]
- 二の次 [にのつぎ]
(n) secondary; subordinate [K] [D]
- 二院 [にいん]
(n) the two houses of legislature [K] [D]
- 二階 [にかい]
(n) second floor; upstairs [K] [D]
- 二階建て [にかいだて]
(n) two-storied building [K] [D]
- 二期 [にき]
(n) two periods or terms [K] [D]
- 二宮 [にぐう]
(n) the Two Ise Shrines [K] [D]
- 二軍 [にぐん]
(n) second string players (sports) [K] [D]
- 二月 [にがつ]
(n-adv) February [K] [D]
- 二見 [ふたみ]
(adj-no) forked (road, river) [K] [D]
- 二号 [にごう]
number two; concubine [K] [D]
- 二死 [にし]
(n) two out [K] [D]
- 二次 [にじ]
(n) secondary; subordinate [K] [D]
- 二七日 [ふたなぬか]
(n) second week's memorial services [K] [D]
- 二者択一 [にしゃたくいつ]
(n) alternatively [K] [D]
- 二十 [はたち]
(n) (1) 20 years old; (2) 20th year [K] [D]
- 二十歳 [はたち]
(n) (1) 20 years old; (2) 20th year [K] [D]
- 二十四時間制 [にじゅうよじかんせい]
(n) around-the-clock system [K] [D]
- 二十世紀 [にじっせいき]
twentieth century [K] [D]
- 二十日 [はつか]
(n) twenty days; twentieth (day of the month) [K] [D]
- 二重 [にじゅう]
(n) double; two-fold; two layers [K] [D]
- 二重 [ふたえ]
(n) double; two-fold; two layers [K] [D]
- 二重奏 [にじゅうそう]
(n) instrumental duo [K] [D]
- 二人 [ふたり]
(n) two persons; two people; pair; couple [K] [D]
- 二人三脚 [ににんさんきゃく]
(n) a three-legged race [K] [D]
- 二人前 [ふたりまえ]
(adj-no) for two people; (work) of two; (meals) for two [K] [D]
- 二世 [にせい]
(n) (1) second generation; foreigner of Japanese parentage; (2) junior; (3) two existences; the present and the future; (4) the second (king of the same name) [K] [D]
- 二度 [にど]
(n) (1) two times; (2) two degrees [K] [D]
- 二日 [ふつか]
(n) second day of the month; two days [K] [D]
- 二番 [にばん]
second; number two; runner-up [K] [D]
- 二百 [にひゃく]
two hundred; 200 [K] [D]
- 二百十日 [にひゃくとおか]
(n) 210th day (from the first day of spring according to the lunar calendar); the storm day [K] [D]
- 二百二十日 [にひゃくはつか]
(n) 220th day; end of the storm period [K] [D]
- 二部 [にぶ]
(n) two parts; two copies; the second part [K] [D]
- 二分 [にぶん]
(n,vs,adj-no) halving; bisection [K] [D]
- 二本立て [にほんだて]
(n) double feature (movie) [K] [D]
- 二枚 [にまい]
(n) two sheets (pieces) (of paper) [K] [D]
- 二枚舌 [にまいじた]
(adj-no,n) double-dealing; duplicity; equivocation; double-tongued [K] [D]
- 二枚目 [にまいめ]
(n) actor in a love scene [K] [D]
- 二流 [にりゅう]
(n) second-rate; inferior [K] [D]
- 二輪車 [にりんしゃ]
(n) two wheeled vehicle (bicycle, motorcycle, etc) [K] [D]
- 二塁 [にるい]
(n) second base [K] [D]
- 二塁手 [にるいしゅ]
(n) second baseman [K] [D]
- 二塁打 [にるいだ]
(n) two-base hit; double [K] [D]
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