A two cycle engine has an exhaust port provided in a side portion of a cylinder, and a scavenge air port provided in the side portion of the cylinder so as to be symmetrical with a plane passing through a center in a cylinder circumference direction of the exhaust port and an axis extending to inside of the cylinder, the scavenge air port is structured such that an axis extending to inside of the cylinder from an opening of the scavenge air port extends in such a direction as to be away from the exhaust port of the cylinder, and is divided in a cylinder axis direction by a dividing portion.