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],and②[U+2461 CIRCLED DIGIT TWO] | Text style | Emoji style |
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A West Arabic numeral, ultimately from Indic numerals (compare Devanagari२(2)), from a cursive form of two lines to represent the number two. See2 § Evolution for more.
2 (prev1,next3)
- Thecardinal numbertwo.
- Adigit in thedecimal system of numbering, as well asoctal, andhexadecimal.
- A rotational symmetry element in the Hermann-Mauguin notation, indicating a rotation over π (twofold axis).
- (mathematics) The two-elementBoolean algebra, two-pointdiscrete space or a (canonical) two-elementset.
- (superscript) Thesquare of anumber or aunit.
- Alternative form:²
- m2 stands for square meter.
- n2 is usually pronounced as "n squared".
- February.
- Comeronyms:1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
- (phonetics, often superscript) thepitch of atone, whose value depends on local convention (e.g. nearly as high or as low as1, 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
- (phonetics, Sinosphere, often superscript) tone number 2, typically identified with light levelyangping (陽平). May be identified with risingshang tone (上) if theyin–yang distinction is not made.
- Synonyms:꜁,꜂
- (linguistics, superscript)accent 2 inNorwegian,Swedish andLimburgish.
- Norwegian/Swedish toneme 2 has also been transcribed with a double stress mark, that is⟨ˈˈ⟩, as well as⟨ˇ⟩,⟨˟⟩ and⟨ˆ⟩.
- (linguistics)Second person.
- Coordinate terms:1,3
- Letter styles
Lining digit2.
The following forms are equivalent as a decimal digit:
The following additional forms are equivalent as a cardinal number:
Other representations of 2:
2
- (text messaging, informal)Abbreviation ofto.
I have2 go now.
Send files2 him.
- (computing)Abbreviation ofto; designatingconversion from oneformat to another.
2 (notcomparable)
- (text messaging, informal, eye dialect)Abbreviation oftoo.
Can I come2?
2 (comparativemore2,superlativemost2)
- Alternative form of2S;Abbreviation oftwo-spirited.
2 (plural2s)
- Alternative form of2S;Abbreviation oftwo-spirit.
2
- (text messaging)alternative form ofde
2
- (dated or informal, often superscript)aniteration mark used as anabbreviation for the second part of areduplicatedcompound word
2
- (dated or informal, often superscript)Aniteration mark used as anabbreviation for the second part of areduplicatedcompound word.
²
- (linguistics)Used after an isolatedaffix orclitic to indicate that it has two variant forms, dependent on thevowel harmony of the precedingstem orword.
This is usually used to indicate that an affix or clitic varies between using theback vowel⟨у⟩ and thefront vowel⟨ү⟩.
2(colloquial, chiefly text messaging)
- used to represent the syllableto ortu due to similarity of pronunciation with Englishtwo
- 22o (totoo) ―real
- d2 (dito) ―here
- 2malon (tumalon) ―to jump
2(colloquial, sometimes superscript, chiefly text messaging)
- used as anabbreviation for the second part of areduplicatedsyllable orcompound word
- ka2in (kakain) ―will be eating
- ta2kbo (tatakbo) ―will be running
Ang kulit2 (kulit-kulit) mo.- You're so stubbornsome.