二 (èr): meaning and stroke order
二 (èr) means two, 2, (Beijing dialect) stupid.
二
- Simplified
- 二
- Traditional
- 二 (same form)
- Pinyin
- èr
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Stroke order of 二
二
- èr two; 2
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Meaning of 二
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èr
- two
- 2
- (Beijing dialect) stupid
Radical and structure
- 二
- Radical 二 (Kangxi radical 7) · 2 strokes · 一 on top, 一 below
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Words with 二
- 二十 èr shí twenty; 20
- 十二 shí èr twelve; 12
- 周二 Zhōu èr Tuesday
- 第二 dì èr second; number two
二 in our stories
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“我在二号门，旁边有咖啡店。”
wǒ zài èr hào mén pángbiān yǒu kāfēidiàn
"I'm at gate two, next to a cafe."
From the story At the airport HSK 2
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甄太太住在一栋老楼的二层。她说，十点左右她在浴室洗澡，听到卧室里“咚”的一声。
Zhēn tàitai zhù zài yí dòng lǎo lóu de èr céng tā shuō shí diǎn zuǒyòu tā zài yùshì xǐzǎo tīngdào wòshì lǐ dōng de yì shēng
Mrs Zhen lived on the first floor of an old building. She said that around ten, while she was in the bath, she heard a thud in the bedroom.
From the story The dry floor HSK 6
Stories using 二
- At the airport HSK 2
- The dry floor HSK 6
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).