HSK Guide

二 Radical 7 — two

èr (fourth tone, falling)

two

Radical 72 strokes0 characters

Where the shape comes from

Two tally strokes, the lower one written a shade longer so the pair does not look top-heavy. It continues the plainest counting series in the script, 一 二 三, and it heads 五, 井, 云 and the classical 于.

characters filed under 二

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