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Learn Japanese: two - 二

Japanese
/Kanji 3
/two

two

二

Breakdown of two

one

一

Usages of two

Looks like a car doesn't it? With a line connecting two axles that the wheels are connected to, and an engine(the sun) in the middle.

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Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

This kanji looks like an I-beam used in construction work.

hand

手

A hand is basically a collection of hooks that can bend at two joints.

origin

元

Our origin lies between two human legs.

Two horns are too many, so you draw a line through them to split them in half.

You hang just two pieces of clothing on the line such that they become dry more quickly.

Asia

亜

People in Asia eat by bringing two sticks to their mouth.

show

示

You're looking for two small people for your midget show.

husband

夫

Thanks to your husband, you are now two persons.

departure

発

It's time for your departure, you get your tent and get going on your two human legs.

say

云

When two people go private, they have something to say.

ヰ ^component

ヰ is an obsolete katakana character, previously used to represent the sound wi.

Now, the sound wi is represented by the digraph ウィ(Ui).

Though ヰ is not used as a katakana character anymore, it does appear as a component in multiple Kanji.

nothing

無

You take your gun and fire two times until nothing remains.

line up

並

You line up two sticks with horns.

Ko puts out his two flags again

叚 ^component

Ko puts out his two flags again.

shiver

辰 ^component

You're standing on a cliff with only two clothes on, and you shiver.

dedicate

奉

You dedicate yourself to dividing two sticks between three people.

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