Jisho

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2 strokes
Radical:
two
Parts:
Variants:
two, two radical (no. 7)
Kun:
ふたふた.つふたたび
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N5
9 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 二 【ニ】 two, 2
  • 二院 【ニイン】 the two houses of legislature
  • 一二 【イチニ】 the first and second, a few
  • 十二 【ジュウニ】 twelve, 12, queen
  • 次男 【ジナン】 second son
  • 二黒 【ジコク】 second of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and southwest)
  • 不二 【フジ】 being two sides of the same coin, being the same (while appearing different), Very sincerely yours, peerless, unparalleled, unparallelled
  • 唯一不二 【ユイイツフジ】 one and only, unique

Kun reading compounds

  • 二 【に】 two, 2
  • 二重 【にじゅう】 double, two-fold, two layers, duplex, diplo-, dipl-, double-edged eyelid, double eyelid, creased eyelid
  • 二つ 【ふたつ】 two
  • 二つ目 【ふたつめ】 one after next, second
  • 再び 【ふたたび】 again, once more, a second time

Readings

Japanese names:
おと、 つぐ、 つぎ、 にい、 は、 ふ、 ふたつ、 ふだ、 わ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
er4
Korean:
i

Spanish

  • dos
  • 2

Portuguese

  • dois

French

  • deux
  • radical deux (no. 2)
2 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
2 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
61 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
6 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
273 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
9 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
4 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1.A Japanese for Busy People
3 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
3 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
31 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2421 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1224 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1688 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
247 Morohashi
1922 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
72 New Nelson (John Haig)
2 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
11 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
2 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3072 2001 Kanji
0a2.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-1-1 SKIP code
1010.0 Four corner code
1-38-83 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e8c Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
sheet of..., counter for flat thin objects or sheets
On:
マイバイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
911 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 枚 【マイ】 counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins), counter for portions of gyōza or soba, counter for ranks, counter for wrestlers of a particular rank, counter for fields or rice paddies, counter for palanquin bearers
  • 枚数 【マイスウ】 the number of flat things, win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers
  • パンツ一枚 【パンツイチマイ】 (wearing) nothing but a pair of underpants
  • 奇跡の一枚 【キセキノイチマイ】 photo in which its subject looks much more attractive than their usual self
  • 枚を銜む 【バイヲフクム】 (of a horse) to be gagged

Readings

Japanese names:
ひら
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
mei2
Korean:
mae

Spanish

  • contar
  • contador para objetos delgados y planos
  • antiguamente dinero

Portuguese

  • folha de...
  • sufixo para contagem de para objetos finos
  • chatos ou folhas

French

  • feuille de
  • compteur d'objets plats
988 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
976 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
730 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2202 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
952 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
624 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
630 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.4 Japanese for Busy People
1156 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1211 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
982 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1080 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1069 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
576 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
764 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
338 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14554 Morohashi
859 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2582 New Nelson (John Haig)
332 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
354 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
875 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1866 2001 Kanji
4a4.4 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
4894.0 Four corner code
1-43-71 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
679a Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
shell
Parts:
Variants:
shellfish
Kun:
かい
On:
バイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 1
JLPT level N2
1787 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 貝 【バイ】 Japanese babylon (species of shelled mollusk, Babylonia japonica), Japanese ivory shell, spinning top (traditionally made from a Japanese babylon shell)
  • 貝貨 【バイカ】 shell money
  • 越虫貝 【エッチュウバイ】 finely-striate buccinum (species of whelk, Buccinum striatissimum)
  • 蝦夷貝 【エゾバイ】 Middendorf's whelk (Buccinum middendorffi)

Kun reading compounds

  • 貝 【かい】 shellfish, seashell, shell
  • 貝殻 【かいがら】 seashell, shell
  • 魚介 【ぎょかい】 marine products, seafood, fish and shellfish
  • パウア貝 【パウアかい】 paua (edible New Zealand abalone; species Haliotis iris, H. australis, H. virginea)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bei4
Korean:
pae

Spanish

  • concha

Portuguese

  • Marisco
  • conchas

French

  • coquillage
169 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
49 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
90 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1590 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4486 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
44 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
917 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
498 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
240 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
240 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
719 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1720 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3150 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1614 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2200 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
54 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
36656 Morohashi
2543 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5766 New Nelson (John Haig)
54 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
56 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
70 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3961 2001 Kanji
7b0.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-5-2 SKIP code
6080.0 Four corner code
1-19-13 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8c9d Unicode hex code