2

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]

2 U+0032, 2 DIGIT TWO ← 1 [U+0031] Basic Latin 3 → [U+0033]

Character variations

² U+00B2, ² SUPERSCRIPT TWO ← ± [U+00B1] Latin-1 Supplement ³ → [U+00B3]

₂ U+2082, ₂ SUBSCRIPT TWO ← ₁ [U+2081] Superscripts and Subscripts ₃ → [U+2083]

２ U+FF12, ２ FULLWIDTH DIGIT TWO ← １ [U+FF11] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ３ → [U+FF13]

𝟐 U+1D7D0, 𝟐 MATHEMATICAL BOLD DIGIT TWO ← 𝟏 [U+1D7CF] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝟑 → [U+1D7D1]

𝟚 U+1D7DA, 𝟚 MATHEMATICAL DOUBLE-STRUCK DIGIT TWO ← 𝟙 [U+1D7D9] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝟛 → [U+1D7DB]

𝟤 U+1D7E4, 𝟤 MATHEMATICAL SANS-SERIF DIGIT TWO ← 𝟣 [U+1D7E3] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝟥 → [U+1D7E5]

𝟮 U+1D7EE, 𝟮 MATHEMATICAL SANS-SERIF BOLD DIGIT TWO ← 𝟭 [U+1D7ED] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝟯 → [U+1D7EF]

𝟸 U+1D7F8, 𝟸 MATHEMATICAL MONOSPACE DIGIT TWO ← 𝟷 [U+1D7F7] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝟹 → [U+1D7F9]

② U+2461, ② CIRCLED DIGIT TWO ← ① [U+2460] Enclosed Alphanumerics ③ → [U+2462]

🯲 U+1FBF2, 🯲 SEGMENTED DIGIT TWO ← 🯱 [U+1FBF1] Symbols for Legacy Computing 🯳 → [U+1FBF3]

Translingual

Glyph origin

A West Arabic numeral, ultimately from Indic numerals (compare Devanagari २), from a cursive form of two lines to represent the number two. See 2 § Evolution for more.

Symbol

2 (prev 1, next 3)

1. The cardinal number two.
2. A digit in the decimal system of numbering, as well as octal, and hexadecimal.
3. A rotational symmetry element in the Hermann-Mauguin notation, indicating a rotation over π (twofold axis).
4. (mathematics) The two-element Boolean algebra, two-point discrete space or a (canonical) two-element set.
5. (superscript) The square of a number or a unit.

   m² stands for square meter.

   n² is usually pronounced as "n squared".

6. (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)

   Synonyms: ˥, ˦, ˧, ˨, ˩, depending on other values

7. (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.

   Synonyms: ꜁, ꜂

8. (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⟩.

Alternative forms

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
• 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
• 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:

• Armenian numerals: Բ
• Brahmi numerals: 𑁓
• Chinese numerals: 貳/贰, 二
• CJK tally marks: 𝍳
• Counting rod numerals: 𝍪, 𝍡
• Egyptian numerals: 𓏻
• Ethiopic numerals: ፪
• Gothic numerals: 𐌱
• Greek numerals: Β΄, β΄
• Hebrew numerals: ב
• Old Persian numerals: 𐏒
• Roman numerals: II, ii
• Sinhalese numerals: 𑇢
• Tally marks: 𝍷𝍷

Derived terms

• 2nd

See also

• 2 (number) in Wikipedia
• (Arabic digits): 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Other representations of 2:

Morse code: ··––– Braille: ⠃ ASL Manual: V@Side-PalmBack

Signal flag (ICS and NATO):

Semaphore: After showing "numeric"

English

Pronunciation

• (too, two): IPA^(key): /tuː/
• (to): IPA^(key): /tuː/ (stressed), IPA^(key): /tə/, /tʊ/ (unstressed)

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Homophones: to, too, two
• Rhymes: -uː

Preposition

2

1. (text messaging, informal) Abbreviation of to.

   I have 2 go now. / Send files 2 him.

2. (computing) Abbreviation of to; designating conversion from one format to another

   pdf2txt, i.e. conversion from PDF to plain text

Derived terms

• A2C
• B2B
• B2C
• B2E
• B2G
• C2C
• D2C
• D2D
• D2D2T
• D2T
• E2E
• F2F
• F2P
• G2B
• G2G
• G2K
• M2M
• O2O
• P2P
• R2R
• T2T
• V2G
• V2H
• V2V
• w2w

 

See also

• 4
• 8

Adverb

2 (not comparable)

1. (text messaging, informal, eye dialect) Abbreviation of too.

   Can I come 2?

Adjective

2 (comparative more 2, superlative most 2)

1. Alternative form of 2S; Abbreviation of two-spirited.

Derived terms

• 2LGBT?
• 2LGBT?I
• 2LGBTI
• 2LGBTI?
• 2LGBTQ
• 2LGBTQI
• LGBT?2
• LGBT?I2
• LGBT2
• LGBTI?2
• LGBTI2
• LGBTIQ2
• LGBTQ2
• LGBTQI2

 

Noun

2 (plural 2s)

1. Alternative form of 2S; Abbreviation of two-spirit.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dø/

• Audio

  (file)

Preposition

2

1. (text messaging) Alternative form of de

Further reading

• chapter 2, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• ²

Iteration mark

2

1. (dated or informal, often superscript) An iteration mark used as an abbreviation for the second part of a reduplicated compound word.

Malay

Alternative forms

• ²

Iteration mark

2

1. (dated or informal, often superscript) An iteration mark used as an abbreviation for the second part of a reduplicated compound word.

Mongolian

Symbol

²

Examples
-ууд² = -ууд (-uud) & -үүд (-üüd) руу² = руу (ruu) & рүү (rüü)

1. (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

• ³
• ⁴

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• ²

Iteration mark

2

1. (informal, often superscript) An iteration mark used as an abbreviation for the second part of a reduplicated compound word.