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二

two
Stroke count: 2

Readings

On readingニ、ジ
Kun readingふた、ふた.つ、ふたたび
JLPT level: N5JōyōGrade 1

Meanings

  1. twoRtK
    二つtwo thingstatoeba
    二人two peopletatoeba
  2. second
    二番second placetatoeba
  1. 2

Popular Usage

二つ二人二日二十歳二十日二階建て

Radicals and components

Radical二two

Compound words

二つふたつ
two
二人ふたり
two persons; two people; pair; couple
二十歳はたち
20 years old; twenty
二階建てにかいだて
two-storied building
二月にがつ
February; second month of the lunar calendar
二足にそく
two pairs
二年にねん
two years
二百にひゃく
200; two hundred
十二じゅうに
twelve; 12; queen
第二だいに
second
二院にいん
the two houses of legislature
二回にかい
twice
二階にかい
second floor; upstairs
二割にわり
20 percent
二宮にぐう
the Two Ise Shrines
二軍にぐん
second team; reserve team; farm team; second-string players
二号にごう
number two; mistress; concubine
二死にし
two out; two down (and one to go)
二次にじ
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order; fictional (in relation to anime, manga, etc.)
二重にじゅう
double; two-fold; two layers; duplex; diplo-
二世にせい
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); person of Japanese parentage with non-Japanese citizenship; the second (e.g. Edward II); son
二度にど
two times; twice; two degrees
二番にばん
second; number two; runner-up
二部にぶ
two parts; two copies; the second part

On Reading Examples

彼は二十年間先生をしている。にじゅう
He has been teaching for 20 years.tatoeba
彼は一日二十ドル稼ぐ。にじゅう
He earns twenty dollars a day.tatoeba
二分以内で彼女はパンとチーズを全部たいらげた。にふん
Within a couple of minutes, she had eaten up all the bread and cheese.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

二人は生計を立てるというのっぴきならぬ必要性を感じました。ふたり
The two felt the pressing necessity of earning a livelihood.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は兵士として中国に渡ったが、二度とかえってこなかった。
He went to China as a soldier, never to come back.tatoeba
彼は彼女にはもう二度と話し掛けたくないとまで言った。
He went to the length of saying that he would never speak to her again.tatoeba
彼は猫を二匹飼っている。一匹は黒でもう一匹は白だ。
He keeps two cats: one is black, and the other white.tatoeba
彼は日本を去り二度と帰ってこなかった。
He left Japan never to come back.tatoeba
二十歳あまりで夭折したとする説が一般的。
It is generally considered that she died young, at the age a little over twenty.wiki
すると、侍女をつれた二十歳ばかりの女がやはり雨宿りにはいってきた。
Then a woman of about twenty comes into the hut with her servant girl to get out of the rain.wiki
寛永十八年十一月二十日没す。
She died on December 22, 1641.wiki
10月　十月十九日・二十日の恵比寿講
October: Festival in honor of Ebisu on October 19 and 20wiki
髻を二つ作るもの。
It made two bundles of hair.wiki
桐壺更衣に瓜二つ。
She looks exactly like Kiritsubo no Koi.wiki
第二日目の工程。
It is the day two process.wiki
十二月二十二日の冬至
Winter solstice on December 22wiki
天鏡閣とよばれた二階建ての建物であった。
It was a two story building called Tenkyokaku.wiki
二階建ての門で、階上に文殊菩薩を安置する。
A two-story gate, Monju Bosatsu is housed upstairs.wiki

Stroke Order

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