two

Origin & mnemonic

The "two" radical originates from a pictographic representation of two parallel horizontal strokes in oracle-bone and seal scripts, depicting the concept of duality or two units.

Mnemonic: Two parallel horizontal strokes are the most direct visual representation of the number two.

• 二èr🔊

  two

  HSK 1

  2 strokes

• 于yú🔊

  to go

  HSK 6

  3 strokes

• 亏kuī🔊

  to lose (money); to have a deficit

  HSK 5

  3 strokes

• 亍chù🔊

  to step with the right foot (used in 彳亍[chi4 chu4])

  3 strokes

• 五wǔ🔊

  five

  HSK 1

  4 strokes

• 云yún🔊

  (classical) to say

  HSK 2

  4 strokes

• 井jǐng🔊

  a well

  HSK 6

  4 strokes

• 互hù🔊

  mutual

  4 strokes

• 亓qí🔊

  his

  4 strokes

• 亖sì🔊

  old variant of 四[si4]

  4 strokes

• 亘gèn🔊

  extending all the way across

  6 strokes

• 些xiē🔊

  classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several

  HSK 4

  8 strokes

• 亚yà🔊

  second

  8 strokes

• 亝qí🔊

  old variant of 齊|齐[qi2]

  8 strokes

• 亟jí🔊

  (literary) urgently; anxiously; earnestly

  8 strokes