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

贝 meaning component

  Meaning component

bèi

  

sea shell

Evolution

贰 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

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

Seal script

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

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
贰 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
贰 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

èr

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

Most common words with 贰
Freq.
Word
Meaning

to betray

贰心

disloyalty

贰臣

turncoat official

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3894th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Traditional

Unicode

U+8D30


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