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二に

See also: ニ, 𠄞, 𠄟, 𠄠, ゠, and Appendix:Variations of "="
二に U+4E8C, 二
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E8C
← 事こと
[U+4E8B] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 亍 →
[U+4E8D]
⼆ U+2F06, ⼆
KANGXI RADICAL TWO
← ⼅
[U+2F05] 		Kangxi Radicals ⼇ →
[U+2F07]
㈡ U+3221, ㈡
PARENTHESIZED IDEOGRAPH TWO
← ㈠
[U+3220] 		Enclosed CJK Letters and Months ㈢ →
[U+3222]
㊁ U+3281, ㊁
CIRCLED IDEOGRAPH TWO
← ㊀
[U+3280] 		Enclosed CJK Letters and Months ㊂ →
[U+3282]
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Translingual

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Han character

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Radical 7 二に

二に (Kangxi radical 7, 二に+0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 一いち一いち (MM), four-corner 10100, composition ⿱一いち一いち)

  1. Kangxi radical #7, ⼆.
  2. Shuowen Jiezi radical №479

Derived characters

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Further reading

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Chinese Wikisource has digitized text of the Kangxi Dictionary entry for 二に:
[[wikisource:zh:康かん熙字典じてん/二に部ぶ/二に部ぶ#二に|二に部ぶ/二に部ぶ]]

Wikisource


  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 86, character 1
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 247
  • Dae Jaweon: page 175, character 6
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 2, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+4E8C

Chinese

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simp. and trad.
 二に
alternative forms 貳に／贰 financial
弍
𠄠

Glyph origin

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Historical forms of the character 二に
Shang Western Zhou Spring and Autumn Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming) Libian (compiled in Qing)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Qin slip script Ancient script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts Clerical script
                   
 
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Transcribed ancient scripts
 
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References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).
Characters in the same phonetic series (二に) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
膩 *nis
二に *njis
弍 *njis
貳に *njis
樲 *njis

Ideogram (指事しじ) - two parallel strokes. Compare with 一いち, one stroke meaning one, 三さん, three strokes meaning three, and 亖 (sì), four strokes meaning four. Duplication of 一いち (“one”).

Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g/s-ni-s. Cognate to Tibetan གཉིས (gnyis), Sikkimese ཉི (nyi), Tangut 𗍫 (*njɨ̱¹), Burmese နှစ် (hnac), and Nuosu ꑍ (nyip). See also: 次つぎ (OC *sn̥ʰis, “second; next”), a cognate within Chinese languages.

Pronunciation

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Note: no6 - semantic (substitute for 兩りょう／两).
Note:
  • 6gni - colloquial;
  • 6gher/6er - literary;
  • (Shanghainese) 6lian - alternative, from 兩りょう／两, younger speakers.
Rime
Character 二に
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲こえ) 日ひ (38)
Final (韻いん) 脂あぶら (15)
Tone (調しらべ) Departing (H)
Openness (開ひらき合あい) Open
Division (等ひとし) III
Fanqie 而至いたり切きり
Baxter nyijH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ȵiɪH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ȵiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȵʑjɪH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ȵiH/
Li
Rong 		/ȵiH/
Wang
Li 		/ȵʑiH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ȵʑiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		èr
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ji6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 二に
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		èr
Middle
Chinese 		‹ nyijH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ni[j]-s/
English two

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 二に
Reading # 1/1
No. 2824
Phonetic
component 		二に
Rime
group 		脂あぶら
Rime
subdivision 		2
Corresponding
MC rime 		二に
Old
Chinese 		/*njis/

Definitions

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二に

  1. two
    二に號ごう線せん／二に号ごう线  ―  èr hào xiàn  ―  line no. 2
  2. second
    二に哥  ―  èrgē  ―  second elder brother
  3. † secondary, vice-
  4. † again, once more
  5. † two-fold, double
  6. † fold, times
  7. † different; other, else
    二に意い  ―  èryì  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    二に心しん  ―  èrxīn  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  8. (handwritten, dated, now informal) An iteration mark denoting the repetition of the previous hanzi; often written at a smaller size when used for this purpose.
    Alternative forms: 𠄠 (èr), 𖿣
    Synonyms: 々, 〻
  9. Short for "twenty, two hundred or two thousand" after hundreds, thousands and ten thousands.
    ※ Such a definition of a number results from a number's being used without a unit after a quantity with both a value (exists even if hidden) and a unit to indicate the quantity with the value being the number and the unit one grade lower. So does the next definition.
    百ひゃく二に [Cantonese]  ―  baak3 ji6 [Jyutping]  ―  one hundred twenty
    百ひゃく二に [Hokkien]  ―  pah jī [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  one hundred twenty
    買かい電腦でんのう花はな了りょう一いち千せん二に。 [MSC, trad.]
    买电脑花はな了りょう一いち千せん二に。 [MSC, simp.]
    Mǎi diànnǎo huā le yī qiān èr. [Pinyin]
    Buying the computer cost me a thousand and two hundred bucks.
  10. Short for "twenty cents".
    黃き瓜ふり一いち塊かたまり二に一いち斤きん。 [MSC, trad.]
    黄き瓜ふり一いち块二に一いち斤きん。 [MSC, simp.]
    Huángguā yī kuài èr yī jīn. [Pinyin]
    The cucumbers are one dollar twenty per half kilogram.
  11. (dialectal Mandarin) stupid, dumb; silly, thick, lacking mental agility (often in a cute way)
    你這人ひと怎麼這麼二に！ [MSC, trad.]
    你这人ひと怎么这么二に！ [MSC, simp.]
    Nǐ zhè rén zěnme zhème èr! [Pinyin]
    Why are you so incorrigibly stupid!
  12. (Hong Kong Cantonese, school slang) to obtain a level two in a subject in DSE (exam) (usually implies failing the subject)
    我わが中ちゅう文ぶん二に咗，入いれ唔到U。 [Cantonese, trad. and simp.]
    ngo5 zung1 man4-2 ji6 zo2, jap6 m4 dou3 ju1. [Jyutping]
    I got a level two in Chinese, can't get into university.
  13. (Classical) Alternative form of 貳に／贰 (èr); usually limited to the simplified script
    不ふ二に过  ―  bù'èrguò  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Usage notes

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See 兩りょう - Usage notes.

Synonyms

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See also

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Chinese numbers
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 102 103 104 106 108 1012
Normal
(小しょう寫うつし／小しょう写うつし) 		〇, 零れい, 空そら 一いち, 蜀しょく 二に, 兩りょう／两 三さん 四よん 五ご 六ろく 七なな 八はち 九きゅう 十じゅう 百ひゃく 千せん 萬まん／万まん,
十じゅう千せん (Malaysia, Singapore) 		百ひゃく萬まん／百ひゃく万まん,
桶おけ(Philippines),
面めん桶おけ (Philippines) 		億おく／亿 兆ちょう (Taiwan)
萬まん億おく／万まん亿 (Mainland China)
Financial
(大だい寫うつし／大だい写うつし) 		零れい 壹いち 貳に／贰 參まいり／叁 肆 伍ご 陸りく／陆 柒 捌 玖 拾ひろえ 佰 仟
Playing cards in Mandarin · 撲なぐ克かつ牌ぱい／扑克牌ぱい (pūkèpái) (layout · text)
             
尖とんが兒こ／尖とんが儿 (jiānr) 二に (èr) 三さん (sān) 四よん (sì) 五ご (wǔ) 六ろく (liù) 七なな (qī)
             
八はち (bā) 九きゅう (jiǔ) 十じゅう (shí) 鉤かぎ兒じ／钩儿 (gōur) 圈けん兒じ／圈けん儿 (quānr), 皮かわ蛋 (pídàn, regional) K 小しょう王おう (xiǎowáng, black), 大王だいおう (red),
小しょう鬼おに (xiǎoguǐ, black), 大だい鬼おに (dàguǐ, red)

Compounds

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (二に):
  • → Japanese: 二に(に) (ni)
  • → Korean: 이(二に) (i)
  • → Vietnamese: nhị (二に)

Others:

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Kanji

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二に

(First grade kyōiku kanji)

Alternative forms

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Readings

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Compounds

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Derived terms

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
二に
に
Grade: 1
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese 二に (ȵiɪH, “two”). Compare modern Eastern Min reading nê.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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二に(に) • (ni) 

  1. two, 2
  2. second
    二に(に)兎うさぎ(と)を追おい(お)う者もの(もの)は一いち兎うさぎ(いっと)をも得とく(え)ず
    nito o ou mono wa itto o mo ezu
    focus on one thing at a time (literally, “one who chases two rabbits catches neither one”)
    二に(に)の足あし(あし)を踏(ふ)む
    ni no ashi o fumu
    hesitate; think twice (literally, “step on two feet”)
    二に(に)階かい(かい)から目め(め)薬くすり(ぐすり)
    nikai kara megusuri
    trying to do an impossible task (literally, “(taking) eye medicine from the second floor”)

Numeral

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Japanese cardinal numbers
 <  1 2 3  > 
    Cardinal : 二に

二に(に) • (ni) 

  1. two, 2

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
二に
ふた
Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Originally /huta/: *[puta] > [ɸuta]. The ablaut form of 一いち (hito2, “one”), which it doubles.

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *puta. Cognate with Japanese 双そう(ふた) (futa).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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二に(ふた) • (futa) 

  1. two
Coordinate terms
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Japanese numbers
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Regular 零れい(れい) (rei)
零れい(ゼロ) (zero) 		一いち(いち) (ichi) 二に(に) (ni) 三さん(さん) (san) 四よん(よん) (yon)
四よん(し) (shi) 		五ご(ご) (go) 六ろく(ろく) (roku) 七なな(なな) (nana)
七なな(しち) (shichi) 		八はち(はち) (hachi) 九きゅう(きゅう) (kyū)
九きゅう(く) (ku) 		十じゅう(じゅう) (jū)
Formal 壱いち(いち) (ichi) 弐に(に) (ni) 参まいり(さん) (san) 拾ひろえ(じゅう) (jū)
90 100 300 600 800 1,000 3,000 8,000 10,000 100,000,000
Regular 九きゅう(きゅう)十じゅう(じゅう) (kyūjū) 百ひゃく(ひゃく) (hyaku)
一いち(いっ)百ひゃく(ぴゃく) (ippyaku) 		三さん(さん)百ひゃく(びゃく) (sanbyaku) 六ろく(ろっ)百ひゃく(ぴゃく) (roppyaku) 八はち(はっ)百ひゃく(ぴゃく) (happyaku) 千せん(せん) (sen)
一いち(いっ)千せん(せん) (issen) 		三さん(さん)千せん(ぜん) (sanzen) 八はち(はっ)千せん(せん) (hassen) 一いち(いち)万まん(まん) (ichiman) 一いち(いち)億おく(おく) (ichioku)
Formal 一いち(いち)萬まん(まん) (ichiman)
1012 8×1012 1013 1016 6×1016 8×1016 1017 1018
一いち(いっ)兆ちょう(ちょう) (itchō) 八はち(はっ)兆ちょう(ちょう) (hatchō) 十じゅう(じゅっ)兆ちょう(ちょう) (jutchō) 一いち(いっ)京きょう(けい) (ikkei) 六ろく(ろっ)京きょう(けい) (rokkei) 八はち(はっ)京きょう(けい) (hakkei) 十じゅう(じゅっ)京きょう(けい) (jukkei) 百ひゃく(ひゃっ)京きょう(けい) (hyakkei)

Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
二に
アル
Grade: 1
tōon

Borrowing from Mandarin 二に (èr).

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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二に(アル) • (aru) 

  1. two, 2
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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林だいじりん [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語にほんご発音はつおんアクセント辞典じてん [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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Etymology

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Korean numbers (edit)
20
 ←  1 2 3  → 
    Native isol.: 둘 (dul)
    Native attr.: 두 (du)
    Sino-Korean: 이 (i)
    Hanja: 二に
    Ordinal: 둘째 (duljjae)

From Middle Chinese 二に (MC nyijH).

Historical Readings
Dongguk Jeongun Reading
Dongguk Jeongun, 1448 ᅀᅵᆼ〮 (Yale: zí)
Middle Korean
Text Eumhun
Gloss (hun) Reading
Hunmong Jahoe, 1527[1] 두〯 (Yale: twǔ) ᅀᅵ〯 (Yale: zǐ)
Gwangju Cheonjamun, 1575 두 (Yale: twu) 이 (Yale: i)

Pronunciation

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  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [i(ː)]
  • Phonetic hangul: [이(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

Hanja

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Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

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二に (eumhun 두 이 (du i))

  1. hanja form? of 이 (“two”)

Compounds

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Compounds

References

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  • 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際こくさい退すさ溪けい學會がっかい 大邱たいきゅう慶けい北きた支部しぶ) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子でんし字典じてん. [2]

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Han character

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二に: Hán Việt readings: nhị[1][2][3]
二に: Nôm readings: nhì[1][2][3], nhị[2][3][4], nhẹ[1]

  1. chữ Hán form of nhị (“two”).
  2. Nôm form of nhì (“second”).

Compounds

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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Nguyễn (2014).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Trần (2004).
  4. ^ Hồ (1976).

Zhuang

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Numeral

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二に

  1. Sawndip form of ngeih

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