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II (two)

On-Yomi: ニ、ジ — Kun-Yomi: ふた.つ、そえ

Elements:

II, two, arrows, quiver

Primitive:

quiver(kolczan) This primitive is easy to remember as depicting something used to bring all one’s arrows together into one handy place: the quiver. [4]

Heisig story:

We use the Roman numeral II here to stress that this kanji is an older form of the kanji for two. Think of two arrows in a quiver, standing up like the numeral II.

Koohii stories:

1) [PeterJD] 20-1-2007(155): II (older form of writing 2). After shooting one arrow (the dash top left), I have 2 arrows left in my quiver (bottom left).

2) [lifeflaw] 1-12-2008(25): Once you have two old arrows left in your quiver, you better start running…!

3) [Remember] 30-8-2010(17): II: To remember this Roman numeral, give each soldier I quiver and II arrows.

4) [liosama] 6-7-2008(10): For some reason i'm using the kanji for I to remember the II kanji. Its just Arrow + single stroke under the arms, there is no 'quiver' stroke, why? because you dont need a quiver to hold ONE arrow. As a result of the above explanation for the old kanji for ONE (which is never used) you need a QUIVER to hold 2 Arrows. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%BC%8C Thats the character for the old I incase you cant picture what im saying.

5) [tomusan] 16-2-2008(9): II Roman soldiers carry two quivers..

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