Zi:二

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[èr] two; ​二 second; 二​ February; (radical 7, 二​) [] (HDC:) (​) “​二”, ​, ​; (​?)

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

¹èr* {A} num.two; 2seconddifferentbinary; di-

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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 ​ dì ‘earth’ (cf. ​ tǔ), relative to ​ yī ‘one’ the number of ​ 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. ​(​𠄡); enlarged writings (​) include the old form ​, and ​(​).
    Compare: ​(​𠄹) jí; ​(​𢛢𠄨) héng; ​(​𠄭) gèn/gèng; ​(​𠄢) xuān; ​ zhú; ​ fán (all classified under 二 in SW).
    Compare: ​ tǔ ‘earth’ (in which 二 represents the surface and interior of the earth); ​ jīn ‘metal; gold’ (in which ​ is the bottom component, with two ​ nuggets).
    Compare: ⚋☷䷁​ Kūn ‘earth’ (​); ☵䷜​ Kǎn ‘water’ (​), ䷽​ Xiǎo Guò (☵ enlarged); ​ qiàn ‘yawn’ (​), ​ qì ‘air/breath’.
    二 èr is the seventh of the 214 radicals.
    HDZ: 二 : èr : (​) (​) ​, (​) ​二​; (​) ​二 (二​, 二​); ​, ​; ​, ​; ​: ​, ​
►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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