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2̂ 2. շ ջ ೩ ᒿ ② auto
² ₂ 2 𝟸 🯲
Translingual
2
Glyph origin
A West Arabic numeral, ultimately from Indic numerals (compare Devanagari hi २), from a cursive form of two lines to represent the number two. See 2#Evolution_of_the_Arabic_digit 2 § Evolution for more.
Symbol
mul numeral symbol prev 1 next 3
The cardinal number two.
A digit in the decimal system of numbering, as well as octal, and hexadecimal.
A rotational symmetry element in the Hermann-Mauguin notation, indicating a rotation over π (twofold axis).
mul mathematics The two-element Boolean algebra, two-point discrete space or a (canonical) two-element set.
mul Q111124 mul superscript The square of a number or a unit.
mul ²<id:Q111124>
m2 stands for square meter.
n2 is usually pronounced as "n squared".
mul
mul Q109 February.
mul 1<id:Q108> 3<id:Q110> 4<id:Q118> 5<id:Q119> 6<id:Q120> 7<id:Q121> 8<id:Q122> 9<id:Q123> 10<id:Q124> 11<id:Q125> 12<id:Q126>
mul phonetics often superscript the pitch of a tone, whose value depends on local convention (e.g. nearly as high or as low as 1, if four or more numbers are used; mid pitch if the numbers 1–3 are used; or contrasting with 1 if only '1' and '2' are used)
mul ˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ ˩, depending on other values
mul phonetics Sinosphere often superscript tone number 2, typically identified with light level yang ping (陽平). May be identified with rising shang tone (上) if the yin–yang distinction is not made.
mul ꜁ ꜂
mul linguistics superscript accent 2 in Norwegian, Swedish and Limburgish.
Norwegian/Swedish toneme 2 has also been transcribed with a double stress mark, that is ˈˈ, as well as ˇ, ˟ and ˆ.
mul
mul linguistics Second person.
mul 1 3
Gallery
Alternative forms
The following forms are equivalent as a decimal digit:
digit
The following additional forms are equivalent as a cardinal number:
nondigit
Derived terms
en 2nd
See also
2 (number) in Wikipedia
2 ⠃ ··––– V@Side-PalmBack Two Bravo
Category:Hindu-Arabic script
Category:Hindu-Arabic script characters
mul Two
English
Pronunciation
too, two en /tuː/
to en /tuː/ en stressed, en /tə/ /tʊ/ unstressed
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-to.wav Southern England
en en-us-two.ogg US
en to too two
en uː 1
Preposition
prep
en text messaging informal en to.
en I have 2 go now.
en Send files 2 him.
en computing en to; designating conversion from one format to another.
en pdf2txt, i.e. conversion from PDF to plain text
Derived terms
en A2C B2B B2C B2E B2G C2C D2C D2D D2D2T D2T E2E F2F F2P G2B G2K G2G M2M O2O P2P R2R T2T V2G V2V V2H w2w
See also
en 4
en 8
Adverb
-
en text messaging informal eye dialect en too.
en Can I come 2?
Adjective
en 2S; en two-spirited.
Derived terms
en LGBT2 LGBTQ2 2LGBTQ LGBT?2 2LGBT? LGBTI2 2LGBTI LGBTQI2 2LGBTQI LGBT?I2 2LGBT?I LGBTIQ2 LGBTI?2 2LGBTI?
Noun
en 2S; en two-spirit.
See also
en Modula-2 V-2 V2 2-2-6 Camp 2 Zone 2 Poblacion 2-iamond 2-omino
en Gender People Transgender
en number homophones
French
Pronunciation
deux
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-2.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
Preposition
fr text messaging fr de
Further reading
fr number homophones
Indonesian
Alternative forms
id ²
id " ” texting
Iteration mark
id iteration mark
id informal often superscript an iteration mark used as an abbreviation for the second part of a reduplicated compound word
Malay
Glyph origin
From the use of ar ٢ in the Jawi script.
Alternative forms
ms ₂ ²
ms ii texting
ms " ” texting
Iteration mark
ms iteration mark Jawi spelling ٢
ms informal often superscript An iteration mark used as an abbreviation for the second part of a reduplicated compound word.
Mongolian
Symbol
mn symbol ²
-ууд² = mn -ууд & mn -үүд
руу² = mn руу & mn рүү
mn linguistics Used after an isolated affix or clitic to indicate that it has two variant forms, dependent on the vowel harmony of the preceding stem or word.
Usage notes
This is usually used to indicate that an affix or clitic varies between using the back vowel у and the front vowel ү.
See also
mn ³
mn ⁴
Tagalog
Symbol
symbol tl colloquial chiefly text messaging
used to represent the syllable to or tu due to similarity of pronunciation with en two
tl 22o (totoo) real
tl d2 (dito) here
tl 2malon (tumalon) to jump
Iteration mark
iteration mark tl colloquial sometimes superscript chiefly text messaging
used as an abbreviation for the second part of a reduplicated syllable or compound word
tl ka2in (kakain) will be eating
tl ta2kbo (tatakbo) will be running
tl Ang kulit2 (kulit-kulit) mo. You're so stubbornsome.
Alternative forms
tl ²