二

Meaning

二 represents the number two. The radical sense is the same two-stroke shape used as a component in other characters.

• 二に
  N5

  two; 2

• 二つふたつ
  N5

  two

• 二人ふたり
  N5

  two persons; two people; pair; couple

• 二度とにどと
  N1

  never again

• 二宮にぐう

  the Two Ise Shrines

• 二酸化炭素にさんかたんそ
  N2

  carbon dioxide; CO2

• 一石二鳥いっせきにちょう
  N1

  killing two birds with one stone

• 二分にぶん

  halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection

• 二の次にのつぎ
  N1

  secondary; of secondary importance

• 二塁打にるいだ

  two-base hit; double

• 二枚目にまいめ

  handsome man

• 二塁にるい

  second base

• 二流にりゅう
  N1

  second-rate; inferior

• 二輪車にりんしゃ

  two-wheeled vehicle

• 二人三脚ににんさんきゃく

  three-legged race

• 二死にし

  two out; two down (and one to go)

• 二者択一にしゃたくいつ

  choosing between two things; two choices

• 二枚舌にまいじた

  double-dealing; duplicity; equivocation; double-tongued

• 二院にいん

  the two houses of legislature

• 二塁手にるいしゅ

  second baseman

• 二重奏にじゅうそう

  instrumental duet; instrumental duo

• 真っ二つまっぷたつ
  N1

  in two equal parts

• 十二じゅうに
  N5

  twelve; 12

• 二階にかい
  N5

  second floor; upstairs

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