二

二 second

Meanings: two, 2, second On Readings: ニ ni Kun Readings: ふた futa, ふた（つ） futa(tsu) Most Used Pronunciation: ni JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 1 Kanji Part: 二 Stroke Number: 2

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Common jukugo
第二 - だい　に dai ni - the second
二月 - に　がつ ni gatsu - February [the 2nd month]
二百 - に　ひゃく ni hyaku - 200
二千年 - に　せん　ねん ni sen nen - the year 2000, 2nd millennium
十二月 - じゅう　に　がつ juu ni gatsu - December (the 12th month)
午後二時 - ご　ご　に　じ go go ni ji - 2 O'clock in the afternoon
二年前 - に　ねん　まえ ni nen mae - 2 years ago
二羽 - に　わ ni wa - 2 birds (wa is the counter for birds)
一石二鳥 - いっせき　に　ちょう isseki ni chou - one stone, two birds - to kill 2 birds with one stone

Useful Examples
Japanese: マイクは高校二年生でアンも同学年だ。
Romaji: maiku wa koukou ni nensei de an mo dougakunen da.
English: Mike is in the second year of high school and Ann is too.

Look alike kanji
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Notes/Mnemonic
Two lines = 2, logical!; A little harder, but don't run for the aspirin yet!

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Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.