èr

number two

A banker's  two with accents to prevent forgery

Components
弋 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

to shoot

二 meaning component

  Meaning component

èr

  

two

貝 meaning component

  Meaning component

bèi

  

sea shell

Evolution

貳 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
貳 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
貳 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
貳 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

() 

èr

number two; two (banker's anti-fraud numeral); to betray

Most common words with 貳
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to betray

贰心

disloyalty

贰臣

turncoat official

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ni[j]-s

nyijH

èr

two


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3894th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Simplified

Unicode

U+8CB3

Shuowen

“貳,副益也。从貝,弍聲。弍,古文二。”


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