二 èr two; 2


Made with 2 strokes.
Ancient small seal form Small seal

Different tone

儿 ér (child) ; 儿 ér (legs) ; 而 ér (as well as) ; 耳 ěr (ear) ; 尔 ěr (thus)

Radical

Index 7 used in: 恶 è (evil) ; 仁 rén (humane) ; 些 xiē (some) ; 元 yuán (primary) ; 云 yún (cloud)

< Previous radical 6亅 jué Next radical 8亠 tóu >

< Previous 尔 ěr Next 法 fǎ >

Pronunciation

Sound file kindly provided by shtooka.net ➚ under a Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike License

stroke order for 二
Stroke order for character 二, kindly provided under Wikimedia creative commons license ➚

Proverbs

九牛二虎之力 jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lì Tremendously strong
一山不容二虎 yī shān bù róng èr hǔ Two equally talented or able employees do not work well together
一穷二白 yī qióng èr bái A disparaging term for backwardness

Also

十二章纹 shí èr zhāng wén Imperial Insignia