[UKH-二]




부수: 二
획수: 2획


simply means two.





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X = semantic

•   has been suggested to depict two fingers. Clearly, this represents ‘two.


Evolution:
= two



Mnemonic

= 2 fingers.



Vocabulary

two
two
二月이월February
二種이종two kinds; second class
二回이회twice; a second time
二審이심a second trial
二世이세the next generation
二重이중double; two times
二層이층second story
二元이원duality
二焦點이초점bifocal
二重奏이중주a duet
二等兵이등병private (rank)
二次元이차원two dimensional
一石二鳥일석이조kill two birds with one stone
二酸化炭素이산화 탄소carbon dioxide


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Daum 사전, [s.v. 二].
— Grant, B.K. (1982). A Guide To Korean Characters: Reading and Writing Hangul and Hanja, [s.v. 8]. Seoul: Hollym.
— Henshall, K.G. (1998). A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters, [s.v. 61]. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing.
Outlier Dictionary of Chinese Characters, [s.v. 二].
— Seely, C., Henshall, K.G., & Fan, J. (2016). The Complete Guide to Japanese Kanji: Remembering and Understanding the 2,136 Standard Japanese Characters, [s.v. 65]. Singapore: Tuttle Publishing.