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二

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See also: ニ, 𠄞, 𠄟, 𠄠, ゠, and Appendix:Variations of "="
二 U+4E8C, 二
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E8C
← 事
[U+4E8B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 亍 →
[U+4E8D]
⼆ U+2F06, ⼆
KANGXI RADICAL TWO
← ⼅
[U+2F05] 		Kangxi Radicals ⼇ →
[U+2F07]
㈡ U+3221, ㈡
PARENTHESIZED IDEOGRAPH TWO
← ㈠
[U+3220] 		Enclosed CJK Letters and Months ㈢ →
[U+3222]
㊁ U+3281, ㊁
CIRCLED IDEOGRAPH TWO
← ㊀
[U+3280] 		Enclosed CJK Letters and Months ㊂ →
[U+3282]
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Translingual edit

Stroke order
 
Stroke order
 

Han character edit

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Radical 7 二

二 (Kangxi radical 7, 二+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 一一 (MM), four-corner 10100, composition ⿱一一)

  1. Kangxi radical #7, ⼆.
  2. Shuowen Jiezi radical №479

Derived characters edit

Further reading edit

Chinese Wikisource has digitized text of the Kangxi Dictionary entry for 二:
[[wikisource:zh:康熙字典/二部/二部#二|二部/二部]]

Wikisource


  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 86, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 247
  • Dae Jaweon: page 175, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 2, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+4E8C

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.
 二
alternative forms 貳／贰 financial
弍
𠄠

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 二
Shang Western Zhou Spring and Autumn Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming) Libian (compiled in Qing)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Qin slip script Ancient script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts Clerical script
                   
Oracle bone script
 

j28182

 

j28183

 

j28184

 

j28185

 

j28186

 

j28187

 

j28188

 

j28189

 

j28190

 

j28191

 

j28192

 

j28193

 

j28194

 

j28195

 

j28196

 

j28197

 

j28198

 

j28199

Bronze inscriptions
 

b18613

 

b18614

 

b18615

 

b18616

 

b18617

 

b18618

 

b18619

 

b18620

 

b18621

 

b18622

 

b18623

 

b18624

 

b18625

 

b18626

 

b18627

 

b18628

 

b18629

 

b18630

 

b18631

 

b18632

 

b18633

Small seal script
 

s10124

Transcribed ancient scripts
 

L19175

 

L19176

 

L19177

 

L19178

 

L19179

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (二) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
膩 *nis
二 *njis
弍 *njis
貳 *njis
樲 *njis

Ideogram (指事) - two parallel strokes. Compare with 一, one stroke meaning one, 三, three strokes meaning three, and 亖 (sì), four strokes meaning four. Duplication of 一 (“one”).

Etymology edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g/s-ni-s. Cognate to Tibetan གཉིས (gnyis), Sikkimese ཉི (nyi), Tangut 𗍫 (*njɨ̱¹), Burmese နှစ် (hnac), and Nuosu ꑍ (nyip). See also: 次 (OC *sn̥ʰis, “second; next”), a cognate within Chinese languages.

Pronunciation edit

Note: no6 - semantic (substitute for 兩／两).
Note:
  • 6gni - colloquial;
  • 6gher - literary;
  • (Shanghainese) 6lian - alternative, from 兩／两, younger speakers.
Rime
Character 二
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
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 二
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 二
Reading # 1/1
No. 2824
Phonetic
component 		二
Rime
group 		脂
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		二
Old
Chinese 		/*njis/

Definitions edit

二

  1. two
    二號線／二号线  ―  èr hào xiàn  ―  line no. 2
  2. second
    二哥  ―  èrgē  ―  second elder brother
  3. † secondary, vice-
  4. † again, once more
  5. † two-fold, double
  6. † fold, times
  7. † different; other, else
    二意  ―  èryì  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    二心  ―  èrxīn  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  8. (handwritten, dated, now informal) An iteration mark denoting the repetition of the previous hanzi; often written at a smaller size when used for this purpose.
    Alternative forms: 𠄠 (èr), 𖿣
    Synonyms: 々, 〻
  9. Short for "twenty, two hundred or two thousand" after hundreds, thousands and ten thousands.
    ※ Such a definition of a number results from a number's being used without a unit after a quantity with both a value (exists even if hidden) and a unit to indicate the quantity with the value being the number and the unit one grade lower. So does the next definition.
    百二 [Cantonese]  ―  baak3 ji6 [Jyutping]  ―  one hundred twenty
    百二 [Hokkien]  ―  pah jī [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  one hundred twenty
    買電腦花了一千二。 [MSC, trad.]
    买电脑花了一千二。 [MSC, simp.]
    Mǎi diànnǎo huā le yī qiān èr. [Pinyin]
    Buying the computer cost me a thousand and two hundred bucks.
  10. Short for "twenty cents".
    黃瓜一塊二一斤。 [MSC, trad.]
    黄瓜一块二一斤。 [MSC, simp.]
    Huángguā yī kuài èr yī jīn. [Pinyin]
    The cucumbers are one dollar twenty per half kilogram.
  11. (dialectal Mandarin) stupid, dumb; silly, thick, lacking mental agility (often in a cute way)
    你這人怎麼這麼二！ [MSC, trad.]
    你这人怎么这么二！ [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ zhè rén zěnme zhème èr! [Pinyin]
    Why are you so incorrigibly stupid!
  12. (Hong Kong Cantonese, school slang) to obtain a level two in a subject in DSE (exam) (usually implies failing the subject)
    我中文二咗，入唔到U。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    ngo5 zung1 man4-2 ji6 zo2, jap6 m4 dou3 ju1. [Jyutping]
    I got a level two in Chinese, can't get into university.
  13. (Classical) Alternative form of 貳／贰 (èr); usually limited to the simplified script
    不二过  ―  bù'èrguò  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Usage notes edit

See 兩 - Usage notes.

Synonyms edit

  • (used in counting) 兩／两 (liǎng)

See also edit

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
Playing cards in Mandarin · 撲克牌／扑克牌 (pūkèpái) (layout · text)
             
尖兒／尖儿 (jiānr) 二 (èr) 三 (sān) 四 (sì) 五 (wǔ) 六 (liù) 七 (qī)
             
八 (bā) 九 (jiǔ) 十 (shí) 鉤兒／钩儿 (gōur) 圈兒／圈儿 (quānr), 皮蛋 (pídàn, regional) K 小王 (xiǎowáng, black), 大王 (red),
小鬼 (xiǎoguǐ, black), 大鬼 (dàguǐ, red)

Compounds edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (二):
  • → Japanese: 二(に) (ni)
  • → Korean: 이(二) (i)
  • → Vietnamese: nhị (二)

Others:

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

二

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Alternative forms edit

  • 弐 (financial or formal)

Readings edit

Compounds edit

Derived terms edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
二
に
Grade: 1
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 二 (ȵiɪH, “two”). Compare modern Eastern Min reading nê.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

二(に) • (ni) 

  1. two, 2
  2. second
    二(に)兎(と)を追(お)う者(もの)は一兎(いっと)をも得(え)ず
    nito o ou mono wa itto o mo ezu
    focus on one thing at a time (literally, “one who chases two rabbits catches neither one”)
    二(に)の足(あし)を踏(ふ)む
    ni no ashi o fumu
    hesitate; think twice (literally, “step on two feet”)
    二(に)階(かい)から目(め)薬(ぐすり)
    nikai kara megusuri
    trying to do an impossible task (literally, “(taking) eye medicine from the second floor”)

Numeral edit

Japanese cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3  > 
    Cardinal : 二

二(に) • (ni) 

  1. two, 2

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
二
ふた
Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Originally /huta/: *[puta] > [ɸuta]. The ablaut form of 一 (hito2, “one”), which it doubles.

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *puta. Cognate with Japanese 双(ふた) (futa).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

二(ふた) • (futa) 

  1. two
Coordinate terms edit
Japanese numbers
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Regular 零(れい) (rei)
零(ゼロ) (zero) 		一(いち) (ichi) 二(に) (ni) 三(さん) (san) 四(よん) (yon)
四(し) (shi) 		五(ご) (go) 六(ろく) (roku) 七(なな) (nana)
七(しち) (shichi) 		八(はち) (hachi) 九(きゅう) (kyū)
九(く) (ku) 		十(じゅう) (jū)
Formal 壱(いち) (ichi) 弐(に) (ni) 参(さん) (san) 拾(じゅう) (jū)
90 100 300 600 800 1,000 3,000 8,000 10,000 100,000,000
Regular 九(きゅう)十(じゅう) (kyūjū) 百(ひゃく) (hyaku)
一(いっ)百(ぴゃく) (ippyaku) 		三(さん)百(びゃく) (sanbyaku) 六(ろっ)百(ぴゃく) (roppyaku) 八(はっ)百(ぴゃく) (happyaku) 千(せん) (sen)
一(いっ)千(せん) (issen) 		三(さん)千(ぜん) (sanzen) 八(はっ)千(せん) (hassen) 一(いち)万(まん) (ichiman) 一(いち)億(おく) (ichioku)
Formal 一(いち)萬(まん) (ichiman)
1012 8×1012 1013 1016 6×1016 8×1016 1017 1018
一(いっ)兆(ちょう) (itchō) 八(はっ)兆(ちょう) (hatchō) 十(じゅっ)兆(ちょう) (jutchō) 一(いっ)京(けい) (ikkei) 六(ろっ)京(けい) (rokkei) 八(はっ)京(けい) (hakkei) 十(じゅっ)京(けい) (jukkei) 百(ひゃっ)京(けい) (hyakkei)

Etymology 3 edit

Kanji in this term
二
ある
Grade: 1
irregular

Borrowing from Mandarin 二 (èr).

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

二(アル) • (aru) 

  1. two, 2
Coordinate terms edit

References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

Korean edit

Etymology edit

Korean numbers (edit)
20
 ←  1 2 3  → 
    Native isol.: 둘 (dul)
    Native attr.: 두 (du)
    Sino-Korean: 이 (i)
    Hanja: 二
    Ordinal: 둘째 (duljjae)

From Middle Chinese 二 (MC nyijH).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 ᅀᅵᆼ〮 (Yale: zí)
Middle Korean
Text Eumhun
Gloss (hun) Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[1] 두〯 (Yale: twǔ) ᅀᅵ〯 (Yale: zǐ)
Gwangju Cheonjamun, 1575 두 (Yale: twu) 이 (Yale: i)

Pronunciation edit

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [i(ː)]
  • Phonetic hangul: [이(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

二 (eumhun 두 이 (du i))

  1. Hanja form? of 이 (“two”).

Compounds edit

Compounds

References edit

  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

二: Hán Việt readings: nhị[1][2][3]
二: Nôm readings: nhì[1][2][3], nhị[2][3][4], nhẹ[1]

  1. chữ Hán form of nhị (“two”).
  2. Nôm form of nhì (“second”).

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nguyễn (2014).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Trần (2004).
  4. ^ Hồ (1976).

Zhuang edit

Numeral edit

二

  1. Sawndip form of ngeih

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