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二

2 strokes
Radical:
two 二
Parts:
二
Variants:
弍
two, two radical (no. 7)
Kun:
ふた、 ふた.つ、 ふたたび
On:
ニ、 ジ
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

重

9 strokes
Radical:
village, mile 里
Parts:
一 ｜ ノ 日 里
heavy, important, esteem, respect, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold
Kun:
え、 おも.い、 おも.り、 おも.なう、 かさ.ねる、 かさ.なる、 おも
On:
ジュウ、 チョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
193 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 重 【ジュウ】 jūbako, multi-tiered food box, heavy, serious, extreme, -fold, -ply
  • 重圧 【ジュウアツ】 strong pressure, heavy pressure
  • 九重 【ココノエ】 ninefold, imperial palace, the Court
  • 加重 【カジュウ】 weighting (in averaging), aggravation
  • 重複 【チョウフク】 duplication, repetition, overlapping, redundancy, restoration
  • 重厚 【ジュウコウ】 profound, deep, grave, solid, dignified, stately, solemn, composed, substantial, massive
  • 加重 【カジュウ】 weighting (in averaging), aggravation
  • 九重 【ココノエ】 ninefold, imperial palace, the Court

Kun reading compounds

  • 重 【え】 -fold, -ply
  • 八重 【やえ】 multilayered, doubled
  • 九重 【ここのえ】 ninefold, imperial palace, the Court
  • 重い 【おもい】 heavy, weighty, heavy (feeling), depressed, gloomy, blue, uneasy, slow, sluggish, lumbering, ponderous, clumsy, important (position, responsibility, etc.), serious, grave, serious (punishment, illness, etc.), severe, critical, solid, established, dignified, sensible
  • 重い腰を上げる 【おもいこしをあげる】 to get off one's backside, to bestir oneself
  • 重り 【おもり】 weight, sinker
  • 重ねる 【かさねる】 to pile up, to heap up, to stack up, to put on top of another, to repeat many times over, to go through repeatedly, to accumulate
  • 重なる 【かさなる】 to be piled up, to lie on top of one another, to come one after another, to happen over and over, to pile up (e.g. stress), to accumulate, to overlap (each other), to occur at the same time, to happen simultaneously
  • 主 【おも】 chief, main, principal, important, main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
  • 重き 【おもき】 importance, emphasis, stress
  • 身重 【みおも】 pregnant
  • 気重 【きおも】 heavy-hearted

Readings

Japanese names:
さね、 しげ、 しげる
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhong4, chong2
Korean:
jung

Spanish

  • pesado
  • importante
  • apilar
  • amontonar

Portuguese

  • pesado
  • empilhar
  • pilha de caixas
  • -dobrar

French

  • lourd
  • empiler
  • entasser
  • s'emboîter
  • - couches
245 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
326 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
311 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
155 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
224 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
161 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
266 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1017 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.16 Japanese for Busy People
227 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
227 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
115 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1802 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4390 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2223 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2991 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1691 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
40132 Morohashi
3573 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6207 New Nelson (John Haig)
1675 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1805 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
136 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
330 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2272 2001 Kanji
0a9.18 The Kanji Dictionary
4-9-2 SKIP code
2-1-8 SKIP code
2010.4 Four corner code
1-29-37 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
91cd Unicode hex code

螺

17 strokes
Radical:
insect 虫
Parts:
小 幺 田 糸 虫
small, edible, helical fresh-water mollusk
Kun:
にし、 にな
On:
ラ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names

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On reading compounds

  • 螺 【ニシ】 small spiral-shelled snail, spiral shellfish
  • 螺旋 【ラセン】 spiral, helix, screw
  • 馬蹄螺 【バテイラ】 Omphalius pfeifferi pfeifferi (subspecies of top shell)
  • サラサ馬蹄螺 【サラサバテイラ】 Tectus maximus (species of top shell)

Kun reading compounds

  • 螺 【にし】 small spiral-shelled snail, spiral shellfish
  • 赤螺 【あかにし】 veined rapa whelk (Rapana venosa)
  • 長螺 【ながにし】 perplexed spindle (species of sea snail, Fusinus perplexus)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
luo2
Korean:
ra, re

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4184 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2805 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1799 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1293 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
33512 Morohashi
5382 New Nelson (John Haig)
2691 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2730 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
6d11.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-6-11 SKIP code
5619.3 Four corner code
1-45-70 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
87ba Unicode hex code

旋

11 strokes
Radical:
square 方
Parts:
方 疋 乞
rotation, go around
Kun:
め.ぐる、 いばり
On:
セン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1801 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 旋律 【センリツ】 melody, tune
  • 旋風 【センプウ】 whirlwind, sensation, commotion, hullabaloo
  • 螺旋 【ラセン】 spiral, helix, screw
  • 回旋 【カイセン】 rotation, revolution, convolution

Readings

Japanese names:
せ、 めぐり
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
xuan2, xuan4
Korean:
seon

Spanish

  • girar
  • rotar
  • dar vueltas
  • regresar

Portuguese

  • rotação
  • ir de uma lado para outro

French

  • rotation
  • révolution
1494 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1648 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2091 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1077 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1400 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1005 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1042 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1527 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
960 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1194 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
650 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
862 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1055 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13656 Morohashi
957 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2400 New Nelson (John Haig)
1046 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1125 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1447 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
470 2001 Kanji
4h7.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-7 SKIP code
0828.1 Four corner code
1-32-91 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
65cb Unicode hex code