二

two, two radical (no. 7)

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

ジニ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

ふたふた.つふたたび

Nanori (名乗り)

おとつぎつぐにいはふふたつふだわ

Stroke Order

2 / 2

Information

Grade:1

Strokes:2

JLPT:N5

Frequency:9

Vocabulary

ジ

Word	Reading	Meaning
二男	ジナン	second son
不二山	フジサン	Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
最小二乗法	サイショウジジョウホウ	least-squares method
二乗	ジジョウ	square (of a number); multiplying (a number) by itself; second power
不二	フジ	being two sides of the same coin; being the same (while appearing different); Very sincerely yours; peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled

ニ

Word	Reading	Meaning
十二	ジュウニ	twelve; 12; queen
十二月	ジュウニガツ	December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
十二分	ジュウニブン	more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
二院	ニイン	the two houses of legislature
二階	ニカイ	second floor; upstairs

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
一石二鳥	いっせきにちょう	killing two birds with one stone
二度	ふたたび	again; once more; a second time
一二	じゅうに	twelve; 12; queen
一二月	じゅうにがつ	December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
真っ二つ	まっぷたつ	in two equal parts

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

soil, earth, ground, Turkey

craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)

gentleman, scholar, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)

bestow, participate in, give, award, impart, provide, cause, gift, godsend

dry, parch, ebb, recede, interfere, intercede

humanity, virtue, benevolence, charity, man, kernel

mutually, reciprocally, together

noon, sign of the horse, 11AM-1PM, seventh sign of Chinese zodiac