A carburetor for a stratified scavenging two-cycle engine, in which a throttle valve and a air valve are formed in a valve element that is a single cylindrical member in which a throttle through-hole and an air through-hole are diametrically formed and which is rotatably fitted in a body, the mixture passage and the air passage being formed piercing through a body, wherein the height of the body is decreased so as to miniaturize the carburetor as a whole, and the mixture passage (6) and the air passage (9) are formed in a single cylindrical common hole (69) in which the mixture passage (6) and the air passage (9) are partitioned by a partition wall (68).