二字

Japanese

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

Etymology

Compound of 二 (ni, “two”) +‎ 字 (ji, “character”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) に​じ [níꜜjì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iʑi]

Noun

二(に)字(じ) • (niji) 

1. two characters

Derived terms

• 二字札(にじふだ) (nijifuda)
• 二字銘(にじめい) (nijimei): (swords) an inscription of two characters