Radical 7

二
6 ⼅ ◄	7th	► ⼇ 8
Pinyin :	he
Zhuyin :	ㄦ ˋ
Hiragana :	に ni
Kanji :	二 ni (= two)
Hangul :	두 you (둘)
Sinocorean :	이 i
Codepoint :	U + 4E8C
Stroke sequence :

The radical 7 meaning “ two ” is one of 23 traditional radicals in Chinese writing with two strokes.

With 14 character combinations in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary , it is relatively rare in the dictionary. In the Kangxi dictionary there are also only 29 characters that can be found under this radical .

Sometimes this radical is easy to recognize in the sign as in 些 (= some), but sometimes, when it is torn apart, not as easily as in 五 (= five).

The pictogram shows two lines that can be interpreted in different ways: as a sign in the sand, as notches on a piece of wood or as lines of numbering.

There is a so-called capitalization 贰 for this symbol , for example on checks, to prevent forgery in 三 (three).

The sign is similar to the katakana sign ニ "ni".

Character combinations ruled by radical 7

chinese finger sign for "2"

Strokes	character
+ 00	二
+ 01	亍 于 亏 亐
+ 02	云 互 亓 五 井 亖
+ 03	亗
+ 04	亘 亙 亚
+ 05	些 亜
+ 06	亝 亞 亟

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 7 is coded under the code point number 12.038 (U + 2F06).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 237 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 7  - Graphic representations of Radikal 7

Wiktionary: 二  - Explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 7 on page 7