Zi:二

二 [èr] two; ​第二 second; 二​月 February; (radical 7, 二​部) [ní] (HDC:) (​方​言) “​加二”, ​更​加, ​加​倍; (​旧​读?)

One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►¹èr* ​二 {A} num. ①two; 2 ②second ③different ④binary; di-

The Shuōwén Seal form of 二 èr ‘two’ combines a pair of horizontal strokes symbolizing the number two; two is said to be the number of ​地 dì ‘earth’ (cf. ​土 tǔ), relative to ​一 yī ‘one’ the number of ​天 tiān ‘heaven’; as a component in other Shuōwén characters, the two lines of 二 èr ‘two’ are said to represent heaven above and earth below, cf. ​五(​𠄡); enlarged writings (​大​写) include the old form ​弍, and ​贰(​貳).
    Compare: ​亟(​𠄹) jí; ​恆(​𢛢​𠄨) héng; ​亘(​𠄭) gèn/gèng; ​亘(​𠄢) xuān; ​竺 zhú; ​凡 fán (all classified under 二 in SW).
    Compare: ​土 tǔ ‘earth’ (in which 二 represents the surface and interior of the earth); ​金 jīn ‘metal; gold’ (in which ​土 is the bottom component, with two ​丶 nuggets).
    Compare: ⚋☷䷁​坤 Kūn ‘earth’ (​阴); ☵䷜​坎 Kǎn ‘water’ (​水), ䷽​小​過 Xiǎo Guò (☵ enlarged); ​欠 qiàn ‘yawn’ (​欠​伸), ​气 qì ‘air/breath’.
    二 èr is the seventh of the 214 radicals.
    HDZ: 二 : èr : (​数​词) (​基​数) ​一​加​一​的​和, (​易) ​分​而​为二​以​象​两; (​序​数) ​第二 (二​哥, 二​年​级); ​两​样, ​有​区​别; ​不​专​一, ​不​忠​诚; ​膩: ​副, ​次
►references: Guǎngyùn:354.03; Wieger:2a; Karlgren:AD8,GSR564a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.2.1; Lindqvist:336; Mathews:1751; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:86.01; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:001.0.03; Wáng(1993):192; EDOC:1
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