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二 èr — “two”
How to write and say the Chinese character 二 (èr), which means two — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Numbers & counting.
Pinyin · 拼音 èr
Meaning · 意思 two
Strokes · 笔画 2
Radical · 部首 二 (two)
Hear it · 听发音
Stroke order笔顺
二 is written with 2 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):
The story behind it字源小故事
Picture it: two parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three).
A common word常用词
二月
February
Example sentence例句
我上二年级。
I'm in Year Two.
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