二

• 読み: に
• ローマ字: ni
• 漢字の分解: 二 (ni/futa) — two
• 発音: /ni/

意味

Two; 2. A fundamental number used in counting and everyday contexts.

Read as に in the Sino-Japanese system and ふた in the native Japanese system. Appears in many common words like 二人 (futari, two people), 二月 (nigatsu, February), and 二階 (nikai, second floor). Unlike English, Japanese has two distinct number systems used in different contexts.

例文

1. 二月は短いです。
2. 子供が二人います。
3. 二番目のバスに乗ります。

使い方ガイド

場面: counting, dates, quantities

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The kanji 二 consists of two horizontal strokes, directly representing the number two. One of the oldest and simplest Chinese characters.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal