Kanji · JLPT N5 · Level 1
二 two
- Meaning
- two
- On reading
- ニ
- Kun reading
- ふた(つ)
Memory hook
Two strokes, the lower one longer. Two lines, two things. ニ in compounds, ふた(つ) when you are counting things.
Words that use 二
二つ
ふたつ
two things
二人
ふたり
two people
How to write 二
Stroke order · 2 strokes
1
2
- 1. The horizontal across the top.
- 2. The horizontal across the bottom.
Stroke data from KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0.
General rules
- Top to bottom, left to right.
- Horizontal strokes before crossing vertical ones (十 = horizontal, then vertical).
- Outside before inside - but close a box last (口).
- A vertical that passes all the way through comes last (中).
- Left-falling diagonal before right-falling (大).
二 is taught on day 1 of the kanji course, alongside 一 三, with two writing passes and a short quiz.