JLPT N5 kanji. Readings, meaning, and how the character is built.
二 means two. It is a JLPT N5 kanji written in 2 strokes, read に or ふた. It appears in 二つ (two things) and 二人 (two people).
二 is written in 2 strokes, in the order numbered below. Order matters: it is what makes handwriting legible, and it is how the character is looked up in a paper dictionary.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 二 | に | two |
| 二つ | ふたつ | two things |
| 二人 | ふたり | two people |
二 tends to carry the sound に. They carry it; they do not all mean the same thing.
| Reading | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| 二 | に | two, two radical (no. 7) |
| 仁 | に | humanity, virtue |
| 弐 | に | II, two |
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