Kanji1 / 2
二 kanji
two, two radical (no. 7)
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 2
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
ニジ
Kun readings
ふたふたつふたたび
Variant forms
弍Words with 二
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —二十四気the 24 seasonal divisions of a year in the old lunar calendar
- —二転三転changing again and again; seesawing back and forth; being in a state of flux
- —二枚看板the two leading actors (in a play); the two star players; the two distinctive features; the two main items (attractions)
- —二進一退two steps forward, one step back
- —二枚目半comedian who plays a lover's part; man who is both handsome and fun
- —二次粒子secondary particle
- —二次電池rechargeable battery
- —二次配布redistribution
- —二足歩行bipedal walking; walking on two legs
- —二重敬語redundant keigo (i.e. improper use of the -rareru honorific form together with an honorific verb such as ossharu)
- —二丁投げbody drop throw (sweeping the opponent's legs and throwing them forward)
- —二枚蹴りankle-kicking twist down
- —二枚鑑札holding two positions at once (esp. of rikishi or judges who are also coaches)
- —二段活用conjugation of nidan verbs
- —二十八宿28 mansions of Chinese astronomy (constellations dividing the ecliptic into 28 positions)
- —二化螟蛾striped stem borer (Chilo suppressalis)
- —七十二候the 72 microseasons of the year based on the 24 solar seasons further divided into 3
- —二十二社the Twenty-Two Shrines; the 22 most important Shinto shrines, as designated during the Heian period
- —十二因縁the twelve nidanas (continuum of twelve phases that lead to suffering)
- —二の字点iteration mark used to represent repetition of the previous kanji (to be read using its kun'yomi)