貳

See also: 二 and 贰

貳 U+8CB3, 貳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8CB3 ← 貲 [U+8CB2] CJK Unified Ideographs 貴 → [U+8CB4]

Translingual

Traditional	貳
Shinjitai	弐
Simplified	贰

Han character

貳 (Kangxi radical 154, 貝+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 戈心一一金 (IPMMC), four-corner 4380₀, composition ⿹弋⿱二貝)

Derived characters

• 㒃, 𠽬, 𢄽, 㦐, 𢴧, 𭲘, 膩(腻), 樲(𬃘), 㹑, 𧸐, 𬥠

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1206, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36703
• Dae Jaweon: page 1669, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3629, character 2
• Unihan data for U+8CB3

Chinese

trad.		貳
simp.		贰
2nd round simp.		弍
alternative forms		貮 𢎐 𠍎 弐

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 貳
Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (二) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
膩	*nis
二	*njis
弍	*njis
貳	*njis
樲	*njis

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *njis) : semantic 貝 + phonetic 弍 (OC *njis, “two”).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 貳

1. (Classical) secondary; assistant
2. (literary, or in compounds) to be unfaithful; to be disloyal

   • 事君而不貳兮，迷不知寵之門。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     事君而不贰兮，迷不知宠之门。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Chu Ci

     Shì jūn ér bù èr xī, mí bù zhī chǒng zhī mén. [Pinyin]

     I serve you, and have never been disloyal; I am puzzled, and have no idea of the gateway to being favoured.

   • 那裡還敢發生什麼貳心。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     那里还敢发生什么贰心。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: Lu Xun, Er Xin Ji, 1931

     Nǎlǐ hái gǎn fāshēng shénme èrxīn. [Pinyin]

     How would I dare develop an intention of defection?

3. (financial) Alternative form of 二 (èr, “two”)

Synonyms

• (to be disloyal):

• 出賣／出卖 (chūmài)
• 反逆 (fǎnnì)
• 叛逆 (pànnì)
• 背叛 (bèipàn)
• 變節／变节 (biànjié)

 

Compounds

• 不疑貳／不疑贰
• 不貳／不贰 (bù'èr)
• 不貳過／不贰过 (bù'èrguò)
• 倅貳／倅贰
• 副貳／副贰
• 國不堪貳／国不堪贰 (guóbùkān'èr)
• 國之貳／国之贰
• 懷貳／怀贰
• 攜貳／携贰 (xié'èr)
• 析律貳端／析律贰端
• 猜貳／猜贰
• 疑貳／疑贰
• 貳令／贰令
• 貳卿／贰卿
• 貳室／贰室
• 貳師／贰师
• 貳廣／贰广
• 貳心／贰心 (èrxīn)
• 貳獎／贰奖
• 貳臣／贰臣 (èrchén)
• 貳臣傳／贰臣传
• 貳言／贰言 (èryán)
• 貳車／贰车
• 陪貳／陪贰
• 離貳／离贰

 

See also

Chinese numbers
	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	102	103	104	106	108	1012
Normal (小寫／小写)	〇, 零, 空	一, 蜀	二, 兩／两	三	四	五	六	七	八	九	十	百	千	萬／万, 十千 (Malaysia, Singapore)	百萬／百万, 桶(Philippines), 面桶 (Philippines)	億／亿	兆 (Taiwan) 萬億／万亿 (Mainland China)
Financial (大寫／大写)	零	壹	貳／贰	參／叁	肆	伍	陸／陆	柒	捌	玖	拾	佰	仟

Japanese

Shinjitai	弐
Kyūjitai	貳

Kanji

貳

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 弐)

1. Kyūjitai form of 弐

Readings

• Go-on: に (ni)
• Kan-on: じ (ji)
• Kun: ふたつ (futatsu, 貳つ); そえ (soe, 貳)

Korean

Hanja

貳 • (i) (hangeul 이, revised i, McCune–Reischauer i, Yale i)

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Vietnamese

Han character

貳: Hán Nôm readings: nhị, nhì, nhẹ

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