Hanzi Explorer
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Character explorer · 拆字

Hanzi breakdown

Explore how a character is built, identify its meaning and sound components, then practise writing it stroke by stroke.

Enter up to eight Chinese characters. Detailed breakdowns cover all 625 characters used in HSK 1–3 here.

二1 / 1
Character breakdownèr / top–bottom / Meaning compound
二
èr

Definition: two

Strokes

Components

Part / top一yīone
二èr
Structuretop–bottom
Radical二two
TypeMeaning compound

How it works

二 is a meaning compound: its parts are combined to express an idea.