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
- —第二東京弁護士会Daini Tokyo Bar Association
- —日本二分脊椎協会Spina Bifida Association of Japan
- —二十一か条の要求Twenty-One Demands (made by Japan on China in 1915)
- —二酸化炭素削減義務carbon dioxide reducing obligation
- —二酸化炭素削減目標CO2-reduction goal
- —二クロム酸カリウムpotassium dichromate (K2Cr2O7)
- —アデノシン二リン酸adenosine diphosphate; ADP
- —二者択一を迫られるto be faced with the choice between two alternatives; to be presented with two difficult choices
- —明治二十七八年戦役Meiji 27-28 Campaign (alternate name for the First Sino-Japanese war; 1894-1895)
- —線形二元系列生成機linear binary sequence generator
- —二酸化炭素の吸収源carbon sink; carbon dioxide sink; CO2 sink
- —二足のわらじを履くto be engaged in two trades at the same time; to have two irons in the fire; to wear two pairs of straw sandals
- —一粒で二度おいしいgetting two pleasures from one thing; two benefits for the price of one; having one's cake and eating it too; delicious in two ways at once
- —水入り二番後撮り直しrematch due to overlong (over 10 min) bout
- —第二種電気通信事業者type II carriers
- —天に二物を与えられたgifted with two things (usu. beauty and intelligence)
- —二クロム酸ナトリウムsodium dichromate
- —一盗二婢三妾四妓五妻(the most thrilling relationships for a man are) another man's wife, a maidservant, a mistress, a prostitute, and finally his own wife
- —一都一道二府四十三県one metropolis (Tokyo), one "circuit" (Hokkaido), two urban prefectures (Osaka and Kyoto) and 43 prefectures proper; prefectures of Japan
- —二目の頭は見ずハネよhane at the head of two stones