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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