贰

貳

èr

二 + 弋 + 贝

Definitions

èr two (banker's anti-fraud numeral); to betray

Etymology

A banker's 贝 two 二 with accents to prevent forgery

About

The character 贰 is a complex banker's numeral for two, designed with extra strokes to prevent alteration on financial documents. Its traditional form 貳 pairs the shell radical 貝 (money) with the number 二 and the accent element 弋, creating a form that resists forgery. Primarily used in formal accounting to represent two, 贰 also acquired connotations of disloyalty, duality, and harbouring second intentions in classical texts, often describing a subject's betrayal or duplicitous conduct.

Etymology Hide

Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Traditional Modern

Simplified Modern

Example Sentences Hide

我有一张贰元纸币。

Wǒ yǒu yī zhāng èr yuán zhǐbì.

I have a two-yuan bill.

请支付贰佰元整。

Qǐng zhīfù èr bǎi yuán zhěng.

Please pay two hundred yuan exactly.

他的存款是贰万元。

Tā de cúnkuǎn shì èr wàn yuán.

His deposit is twenty thousand yuan.

发票上写着贰拾元。

Fāpiào shàng xiězhe èr shí yuán.

The invoice says twenty yuan.

这本书售价贰拾伍元。

Zhè běn shū shòujià èr shí wǔ yuán.

This book is priced at twenty-five yuan.

合同中金额为贰仟元。

Hétóng zhōng jīn'é wéi èr qiān yuán.

In the contract, the amount is two thousand yuan.

他因贰心被公司开除。

Tā yīn èr xīn bèi gōngsī kāichú.

He was fired from the company for disloyalty.

银行账户余额为贰万叁仟元。

Yínháng zhànghù yú'é wéi èr wàn sān qiān yuán.

The bank account balance is twenty-three thousand yuan.

Related Characters

Composed characters:

Component: 二

Component: 弋

Component: 贝