貳

Translingual

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

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

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

Pronunciation

Definitions

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.

     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.

     How would I dare develop an intention of defection?

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

Synonyms

• (to be disloyal):

Compounds

See also

Japanese

Kanji

(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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