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Kanji Information Sheet for 二 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info: 二 (に) – two
Henshall Mnemonic: two fingers
Levels: JLPT N5 | JLPT 4 (old) | Grade 1
Frequency: #9 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #9 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N5 Words
- 二月 [にがつ]
(n-adv) February [K] [D] [Jisho] - 二十歳 [はたち]
(n) (1) 20 years old; (2) 20th year [K] [D] [Jisho] - 二十日 [はつか]
(n) twenty days; twentieth (day of the month) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 二人 [ふたり]
(n) two persons; two people; pair; couple [K] [D] [Jisho] - 二日 [ふつか]
(n) second day of the month; two days [K] [D] [Jisho] - 二 [に]
(num) two [K] [D] [Jisho] - 十二月 [じゅうにがつ]
(n-adv) December [K] [D] [Jisho] - 二つ [ふたつ]
(n) two [K] [D] [Jisho] - 二百 [にひゃく]
two hundred; 200 [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N4 Words
JLPT N1 Words
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 二院 [にいん]
(n) the two houses of legislature [K] [D] [Jisho] - 一二 [いちに]
(n) the first and second; a few [K] [D] [Jisho] - 二階 [にかい]
(n) second floor; upstairs [K] [D] [Jisho] - 二本立て [にほんだて]
(n) double feature (movie) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 二枚 [にまい]
(n) two sheets (pieces) (of paper) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 二期 [にき]
(n) two periods or terms [K] [D] [Jisho] - 二枚舌 [にまいじた]
(adj-no,n) double-dealing; duplicity; equivocation; double-tongued [K] [D] [Jisho] - 二枚目 [にまいめ]
(n) actor in a love scene [K] [D] [Jisho] - 二宮 [にぐう]
(n) the Two Ise Shrines [K] [D] [Jisho] - 二流 [にりゅう]
(n) second-rate; inferior [K] [D] [Jisho] - 二軍 [にぐん]
(n) second string players (sports) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 二輪車 [にりんしゃ]
(n) two wheeled vehicle (bicycle, motorcycle, etc) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 二塁 [にるい]
(n) second base [K] [D] [Jisho] - 二塁手 [にるいしゅ]
(n) second baseman [K] [D] [Jisho] - 二塁打 [にるいだ]
(n) two-base hit; double [K] [D] [Jisho] - 二見 [ふたみ]
(adj-no) forked (road, river) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 二号 [にごう]
number two; concubine [K] [D] [Jisho] - 二死 [にし]
(n) two out [K] [D] [Jisho] - 二次 [にじ]
(n) secondary; subordinate [K] [D] [Jisho] - 二七日 [ふたなぬか]
(n) second week's memorial services [K] [D] [Jisho] - 一石二鳥 [いっせきにちょう]
(exp,n) killing two birds with one stone [K] [D] [Jisho] - 二者択一 [にしゃたくいつ]
(n) alternatively [K] [D] [Jisho] - 二十 [はたち]
(n) (1) 20 years old; (2) 20th year [K] [D] [Jisho] - 二十四時間制 [にじゅうよじかんせい]
(n) around-the-clock system [K] [D] [Jisho] - 二十世紀 [にじっせいき]
twentieth century [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.