二 Two

Radical Combination

• 二

  Two

Meaning

Primary

Two

Mnemonic

The kanji two and the radical two are the exact same things. Therefore, you know the kanji for two already!

Hints

More simply put, you can just know that this kanji is the double of one. It's two lines, that's not all that hard to remember!

Readings

On’yomi

に

Kun’yomi

ふた

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

How do you count to two? Just use someone's knee (に), and then their other knee. There — two knees!

Hints

Imagine asking to borrow the two knees of a stranger in the street, just so you can count to two. They're confused at first, but then they present each knee to you in a loving sort of way. Yep, that's two knees alright.