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二

èr

two

Two horizontal strokes, representing the number two.

Evolution

二 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
二 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
二 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
二 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
二 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

二  

èr

two; twice; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid

Most common words with 二
Freq.
Word
Meaning

第二

second

二

two

第二天

next day

第二次

second

周二

Tuesday

Component uses

Meaning component in 8 characters (4 verified)

些 次 再 仁 竺 貳 贰 佞

Sound component in 1 character (1 verified)

次

Iconic component in 1 character (1 verified)

亙

Simplified component in 1 character (1 verified)

兰

Distinguishing component in 1 character (1 verified)

亘

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*ni[j]-s

nyijH

èr

two


Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 78.5520% of movies

414th most common character in movies

157th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

2

Unicode

U+4E8C

Shuowen

“二，地之數也。从偶一。弍，古文。”


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