The kanji 弐: meaning, readings and stroke order

弐

Meaning: two (formal)
On reading: ニ ni
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 6
Radical: 弋 shoot, arrow
Level: Level 7 · junior high school
Old form: 貳

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: hai (trang trọng) (nhị)
Japanese: にのむずかしいかきかた。
Korean: 이, 둘 (이)
Chinese: 贰

Readings, words and example sentences

ニ ni · on reading · less common

弐に万まん
twenty thousand (written with a formal numeral)
しょうしょに 弐に万まん円と書きます。
I write 20,000 yen on the document in formal numerals.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.