2
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See also: 2̂, 2., շ [U+0577 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER SHA], ջ [U+057B ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER JHEH], ೩ [U+0CE9 KANNADA DIGIT THREE], ᒿ [U+14BF CANADIAN SYLLABICS SAYISI M], and ② [U+2461 CIRCLED DIGIT TWO]
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Translingual
[edit]Glyph origin
[edit]A West Arabic numeral, ultimately from Indic numerals (compare Devanagari २ (2)), from a cursive form of two lines to represent the number two. See 2 § Evolution for more.
Symbol
[edit]- 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).
- (mathematics) The two-element Boolean algebra, two-point discrete space or a (canonical) two-element set.
- (superscript) The square of a number or a unit.
- m2 stands for square meter.
- n2 is usually pronounced as "n squared".
- (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)
- (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.
- (linguistics, superscript) accent 2 in Norwegian, Swedish and Limburgish.
Gallery
[edit]- Letter styles
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Lining digit 2.
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Oldstyle 2 in Fraktur script.
Alternative forms
[edit]The following forms are equivalent as a decimal digit:
- Arabic (Eastern) numerals: ٢
- Arabic (Western) numerals: 2
- Assamese numerals: ২
- Balinese numerals: ᭒
- Bengali numerals: ২
- Brahmi numerals: 𑁨
- Chakma numerals: 𑄸
- Cham numerals: ꩒
- Devanagari numerals: २
- Dhives Akuru numerals: 𑥒
- Gujarati numerals: ૨
- Gurmukhi numerals: ੨
- Hanifi Rohingya numerals: 𐴲
- Javanese numerals: ꧒
- Kaktovik numerals: 𝋂
- Kannada numerals: ೨
- Kawi numerals: 𑽒
- Kayah Li numerals: ꤂
- Khmer numerals: ២
- Khudawadi numerals: 𑋲
- Lanna numerals: (secular) ᪂, (religious) ᪒
- Lao numerals: ໒
- Lepcha numerals: ᱂
- Limbu numerals: ᥈
- Malayalam numerals: ൨
- Maya numerals: 𝋢
- Meitei numerals: ꯲
- Mongolian numerals: ᠒
- Myanmar numerals: ၂
- N'Ko numerals: ߂
- Ol Chiki numerals: ᱒
- Odia numerals: ୨
- Osmanya numerals: 𐒢
- Persian numerals: ۲
- Saurashtra numerals: ꣒
- Sharada numerals: 𑇒
- Sinhalese numerals: ෨
- Sundanese numerals: ᮲
- Takri numerals: 𑛂
- Tamil numerals: ௨
- Telugu numerals: ౨
- Thai numerals: ๒
- Tibetan numerals: ༢
- Tirhuta numerals: 𑓒
- Warang Citi numerals: 𑣢
The following additional forms are equivalent as a cardinal number:
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Other representations of 2:
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (too, two): IPA(key): /tuː/
- (to): IPA(key): /tuː/ (stressed form), IPA(key): /tə/, /tʊ/ (unstressed)
Audio (US): (file) - Homophones: to, too, two
- Rhymes: -uː
Preposition
[edit]2
- (text messaging, informal) Abbreviation of to.
- I have 2 go now. / Send files 2 him.
- (computing) Abbreviation of to; designating conversion from one format to another
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Adverb
[edit]2 (not comparable)
- (text messaging, informal, eye dialect) Abbreviation of too.
- Can I come 2?
Adjective
[edit]2 (comparative more 2, superlative most 2)
- Alternative form of 2S; Abbreviation of two-spirited.
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]2 (plural 2s)
- Alternative form of 2S; Abbreviation of two-spirit.
French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Preposition
[edit]2
- (text messaging) Alternative form of de
Further reading
[edit]- “2”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Iteration mark
[edit]2
- (dated or informal, often superscript) An iteration mark used as an abbreviation for the second part of a reduplicated compound word.
Malay
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Iteration mark
[edit]2
- (dated or informal, often superscript) An iteration mark used as an abbreviation for the second part of a reduplicated compound word.
Mongolian
[edit]Symbol
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- (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
[edit]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
[edit]Tagalog
[edit]Symbol
[edit]2 (colloquial, chiefly text messaging)
- used to represent the syllable to or tu due to similarity of pronunciation with English two
- 22o (totoo) ― real
- d2 (dito) ― here
- 2malon (tumalon) ― to jump
Iteration mark
[edit]2 (colloquial, sometimes superscript, chiefly text messaging)
- used as an abbreviation for the second part of a reduplicated syllable or compound word
- ka2in (kakain) ― will be eating
- ta2kbo (tatakbo) ― will be running
- Ang kulit2 (kulit-kulit) mo.
- You're so stubbornsome.
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