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Kanji for Two
The kanji for “two” is 二, read ni and written in 2 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
二
two
Two; a pair that belongs together.
2 strokes On reading ニ、ジ (ni, ji) Kun reading ふた、ふたつ、ふたたび (futa, futatsu, futatabi) JLPT N4
Dictionary meanings: two, two radical (no. 7)
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ni
In Japan it appears in about 1,968 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, mostly in boys’ names.
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