U+4E8C "二" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
二
U+4E8C "二" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a fundamental logogram representing the number two, widely used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK) writing systems. Its form consists of two horizontal strokes, typically drawn with the top stroke shorter than the bottom one, and it conveys the concept of duality, pair, or second. Beyond its numeric value, this character appears in compound words and cultural contexts, such as in the Chinese word for "second" (第二) or the philosophical notion of yin and yang as complementary opposites. In Unicode, it is part of the CJK Unified Ideographs block, ensuring consistent representation across digital platforms for East Asian languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+4E8C |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 二 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 二 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE4 0xBA 0x8C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x4E8C |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00004E8C |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u4e8c |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A447 |
| kCCCII | 213051 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4428 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4428 |
| kCangjie | MM |
| kCantonese | ji6 |
| kCihaiT | 58.601 |
| kCowles | 1287 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0175.060 |
| kDefinition | two; twice |
| kEACC | 213051 |
| kFanqie | 而至 |
| kFenn | 1A |
| kFennIndex | 125.06 |
| kFourCornerCode | 1010.0 |
| kGB0 | 2294 |
| kGB1 | 2294 |
| kGradeLevel | 1 |
| kGSR | 0564a |
| kHangul | 이:0E |
| kHanYu | 10002.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu | èr(2718) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10002.010:èr |
| kHKGlyph | 0048 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0175.060 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10002.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0086.010 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-367E |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A447 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4673 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-FCA7 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6C23 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4428 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4A50 |
| kJapanese | ニ ジ ふた ふたつ ふたたび |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:3 |
| kJapaneseKun | FUTATSU FUTATABI |
| kJapaneseOn | NI JI |
| kJis0 | 3883 |
| kKangXi | 0086.010 |
| kKarlgren | 8 |
| kKorean | I |
| kLau | 3428 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0059 |
| kMandarin | èr |
| kMatthews | 1751 |
| kMeyerWempe | 863 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ006437 |
| kMorohashi | 00247 |
| kNelson | 0273 |
| kPhonetic | 1552 |
| kPrimaryNumeric | 2 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3275+7.2.0 |
| kRSUnicode | 7.0 |
| kSBGY | 354.03 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+5F0D<kMatthews,kMeyerWempe U+8CB3<kMeyerWempe |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 12.08 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | èr粵ji6 |
| kSpecializedSemanticVariant | U+8CB3 |
| kSpoofingVariant | U+2011E U+2011F U+20120 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0059 |
| kTang | *njì njì |
| kTGHZ2013 | 089.070:èr |
| kTotalStrokes | 2 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | nhì |
| kXerox | 241:072 |
| kXHC1983 | 0288.070:èr |