貳

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇰🇷

贰

🇨🇳

弐

🇯🇵

II

HSK 10 N1

Abstract →Numbers

èr

ニ、ジ

ふた.つ、そえ

이

A banker's 貝 two 二 with accents to prevent forgery

Components

Traditional (貳)

弋 catch+ 二 two+ 貝 shellfish =

貳 II

弋 Meaning component

yì catch

catch, arrest

二 Meaning component

èr two

貝 Meaning component

shellfish

Simplified (贰)

弋 catch+ 二 two+ 贝 sea shell =

贰 number two

弋 Meaning component

yì catch

catch, arrest

二 Meaning component

èr two

贝 Meaning component

bèi sea shell

Japanese (弐)

弍 number two+ 一 one =

弐 II

弍

number two

一

one

Notes

Historical Evolution

Bronze

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

弐

Regular

Modern

Chinese

贰 / 貳 [èr]

two (banker's anti-fraud numeral); to betray

Japanese

二、２、弐、弍、貳 (old) 、貮 (old) に、ふた、ふ、ふう同音

numeric two; 2 (ふ and ふう used mainly when counting aloud; 弐, 貳 and 貮 are used in legal documents)

Example Sentences

🇯🇵 (1)

その穴は直径二メートルです。

The hole is two meters across.

CHINESE WORDS (5)

Second epistle of St John

JAPANESE WORDS (6)