贰

貳
èr
#3,885 most
frequent character
two (banker's anti-fraud numeral)

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

贰 is built from 弍 èr 'two' and 贝, a picture of shell money. 弍 acts as both meaning and sound. It first meant 'to increase', then grew to 'two' used in official documents.

贰 as a component in other characters

sound1 character
腻

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Homophones

HSK 1
二èr
two, 2, stupid (Beijing dialect)

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