# 貳

| 貳 | U+8CB3, &#36019; 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 4380$_0$, composition ⿹弍貝 or ⿹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 |
| | 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”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): èr (er$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄦˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): ji$^6$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): ngi
    (Hailu, HRS): ngi$^˖$
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zi$^5$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): jī / lī / gī
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$gni
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: èr
*** Zhuyin: ㄦˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: èr
*** Wade–Giles: êrh$^4$
*** Yale: èr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ell
*** Palladius: эр (er)
*** Sinological IPA : /ˀɤɻ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: ji$^6$
*** Yale: yih
*** Cantonese Pinyin: ji$^6$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yi$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiː²²/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngi
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngi
*** Hagfa Pinyim: ngi$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi⁵⁵/
** (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
*** Hakka Romanization System: ngi$^˖$
*** Sinological IPA: /ŋi³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: zi$^5$
*** Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cī
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡si²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Tainan, Taichung, Yilan, Sanxia, Magong)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī
*** Tâi-lô: jī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ji
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /zi³³/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi²²/
*** IPA (Tainan, Yilan): /d͡zi³³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Lukang, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lī
*** Tâi-lô: lī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: li
*** IPA (Taipei): /li³³/
*** IPA (Lukang): /li³¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /li⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Kinmen): /li²²/
** (Hokkien: Taichung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gī
*** Tâi-lô: gī
*** Phofsit Daibuun: gi
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$gni
*** MiniDict: nyi$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$nyi
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲi²³/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit貳 (貳心) |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /əɻ⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /ɚ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /əɻ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /əɻ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /əɻ⁴²/ /ɭə⁵⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /ɭ³¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /əɻ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ɛ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /əɻ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ɯ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ɚ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /ɯ³⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /əɻ¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /ɚ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /ə²¹²/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /əɻ⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /a⁵³/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /əɻ⁴⁵/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | /əɻ³⁵/ |
| Jin | Hohhot | /aɻ⁵⁵/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /ȵi²³/ /əl²³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /əl³¹/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /əl⁴⁴⁵/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /ŋ²²/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /ɛ²²/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | /n̩¹¹/ |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ə⁵⁵/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /e²¹/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ɵ²¹/ |
| Hakka | Meixian | /ŋi⁵³/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | /ŋi⁵⁵/ |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /ji²²/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /ji²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /ji²²/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /li²²/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /nɛi²⁴²/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /ni⁴⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /zi³⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /no³³/ 訓兩 |
* Middle Chinese: nyijH
Rime :
| Character | 貳 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 日 (38) |
| Final (韻) | 脂 (15) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 而至切 |
| Baxter | nyijH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ȵiɪ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ȵi$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ȵʑjɪ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ȵi$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /ȵi$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /ȵʑi$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ȵʑi$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | èr |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | ji$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*ni[j]-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*njis/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 貳 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | èr |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ nyij$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*ni[j]-s/ |
| English | two |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 貳 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2826 |
| Phonetic component | 二 |
| Rime group | 脂 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 二 |
| Old Chinese | /*njis/ |

### Definitions

貳
* (Classical) secondary; assistant
* (literary, or in compounds) to be unfaithful; to be disloyal
    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.
    From: Lu Xun, Er Xin Ji, 1931
    Nǎlǐ hái gǎn fāshēng shénme èrxīn. [Pinyin]
    How would I dare develop an intention of defection?
* (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 | 10$^2$ | 10$^3$ | 10$^4$ | 10$^6$ | 10$^8$ | 10$^{12}$ |
| 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 | 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) |

### References

* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “贰”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 61.

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 弐 |
| Kyūjitai | 貳 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 弐)
* Kyūjitai form of 弐

#### Readings

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

### See also

v • d • eJapanese numbers :
| Number | Kanji | Kana | Romaji |
| 0 | 零 | れい、ゼロ | rei, zero |
| 1 | 一、壱、弌、壹 | いち | ichi |
| 2 | 二、弐、貳、貮 | に | ni |
| 3 | 三、参 | さん | san |
| 4 | 四、肆 | よん、し | yon, shi |
| 5 | 五、伍 | ご | go |
| 6 | 六、陸 | ろく | roku |
| 7 | 七、漆 | なな、しち | nana, shichi |
| 8 | 八、捌 | はち | hachi |
| 9 | 九、玖 | きゅう、く | kyū, ku |
| 10 | 十、拾 | じゅう | jū |
| 100 | 百、陌、佰 | ひゃく | hyaku |
| 1,000 | 千、阡、仟 | せん | sen |
| 10,000 | 一万、一萬 | いちまん | ichiman |
| 100,000,000 | 一億 | いちおく | ichioku |

## 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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