See also: , 2., շ [U 0577 ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER SHA], ջ [U 057B ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER JHEH], [U 0CE9 KANNADA DIGIT THREE], [U 14BF CANADIAN SYLLABICS SAYISI M], and [U 2461 CIRCLED DIGIT TWO]
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2 U 0032, 2
DIGIT TWO
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[U 0031]
Basic Latin 3
[U 0033]

Translingual

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Glyph origin

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

Symbol

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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 () 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.
  9. (linguistics) Second person.
    Coordinate terms: 1, 3
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Alternative forms

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The following forms are equivalent as a decimal digit:

The following additional forms are equivalent as a cardinal number:

Derived terms

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Other representations of 2:

English

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Pronunciation

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Preposition

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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

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Adverb

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2 (not comparable)

  1. (text messaging, informal, eye dialect) Abbreviation of too.
    Can I come 2?

Adjective

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2 (comparative more 2, superlative most 2)

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

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Noun

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2 (plural 2s)

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

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French

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Pronunciation

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Preposition

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2

  1. (text messaging) Alternative form of de

Further reading

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Indonesian

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Alternative forms

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Iteration mark

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2

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

Malay

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Alternative forms

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Iteration mark

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2

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

Mongolian

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Symbol

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²

Examples
  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

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This is usually used to indicate that an affix or clitic varies between using the back vowel у and the front vowel ү.

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Tagalog

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Symbol

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2 (colloquial, chiefly text messaging)

  1. 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

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2 (colloquial, sometimes superscript, chiefly text messaging)

  1. 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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