Meaning

Primary

Two

Word Type

numeral

Explanation

When a vocab word is a single kanji without okurigana (hiragana attached to the kanji) it usually has the same meaning as the kanji it's spawned from. If you know the kanji meaning you'll also know the vocab meaning. It's two!

Reading

Kyoko
(Tokyo accent, female)
Kenichi
(Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

When a vocab word is a single kanji with no okurigana, it usually uses the kun'yomi reading. Numbers are an exception to this. Numbers use the on'yomi reading, which you've already learned by learning the kanji's reading! How nice!

Context

Pattern of Use

  • 二 + unit

Common Word Combinations

  • 二ドル
    two dollars
    二セント
    two cents
    二パターン
    two patterns

Context Sentences

二十一ページの二ばんはクラスでします。

We will work on question two on page twenty-one in class.

わたしのこどもは二さいです。

My child is 2 years old.

わたしのおじは、ねこを二ひきかっています。

My uncle has two cats.

Kanji Composition