2

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
2︎	2️
Text style isforced with⟨︎⟩ and emoji style with ⟨️⟩.
2 U+0032,2 DIGIT TWO ←1 [U+0031] Basic Latin 3→ [U+0033]

Character variations

² U+00B2,² SUPERSCRIPT TWO ←± [U+00B1] Latin-1 Supplement ³→ [U+00B3]

₂ U+2082,₂ SUBSCRIPT TWO ←₁ [U+2081] Superscripts and Subscripts ₃→ [U+2083]

２ U+FF12,２ FULLWIDTH DIGIT TWO ←１ [U+FF11] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ３→ [U+FF13]

𝟐 U+1D7D0,𝟐 MATHEMATICAL BOLD DIGIT TWO ←𝟏 [U+1D7CF] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝟑→ [U+1D7D1]

𝟚 U+1D7DA,𝟚 MATHEMATICAL DOUBLE-STRUCK DIGIT TWO ←𝟙 [U+1D7D9] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝟛→ [U+1D7DB]

𝟤 U+1D7E4,𝟤 MATHEMATICAL SANS-SERIF DIGIT TWO ←𝟣 [U+1D7E3] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝟥→ [U+1D7E5]

𝟮 U+1D7EE,𝟮 MATHEMATICAL SANS-SERIF BOLD DIGIT TWO ←𝟭 [U+1D7ED] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝟯→ [U+1D7EF]

𝟸 U+1D7F8,𝟸 MATHEMATICAL MONOSPACE DIGIT TWO ←𝟷 [U+1D7F7] Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝟹→ [U+1D7F9]

② U+2461,② CIRCLED DIGIT TWO ←① [U+2460] Enclosed Alphanumerics ③→ [U+2462]

🯲 U+1FBF2,🯲 SEGMENTED DIGIT TWO ←🯱 [U+1FBF1] Symbols for Legacy Computing 🯳→ [U+1FBF3]

Translingual

Glyph origin

A West Arabic numeral, ultimately from Indic numerals (compare Devanagari२(2)), from a cursive form of two lines to represent the number two. See2 § Evolutionfor more.

Symbol

2(prev1,next3)

1. Thecardinal numbertwo.
2. Adigitin thedecimalsystem of numbering, as well asoctal,andhexadecimal.
3. A rotational symmetry element in the Hermann-Mauguin notation, indicating a rotation over π (twofold axis).
4. (mathematics)The two-elementBoolean algebra,two-pointdiscrete spaceor a (canonical) two-elementset.
5. (superscript)Thesquareof anumberor aunit.

   m²stands for square meter.

   n²is usually pronounced as "n squared".

6. (phonetics,often superscript)thepitchof 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

7. (phonetics,Sinosphere,often superscript)tone number 2, typically identified with light levelyangping(Dương bình). May be identified with risingshangtone (Thượng) if theyin–yangdistinction is not made.

   Synonyms:꜁,꜂

8. (linguistics,superscript)accent2 inNorwegian,SwedishandLimburgish.

   Norwegian/Swedish toneme 2 has also been transcribed with a double stress mark, that is⟨ˈˈ⟩,as well as⟨ˇ⟩,⟨˟⟩and⟨ˆ⟩.

Gallery

• Letter styles
• 
  Lining digit2.
• 
  Oldstyle2inFrakturscript.

Alternative forms

The following forms are equivalent as a decimal digit:

• Aegean numerals:please add, if you can
• Arabic (Eastern) numerals:٢
• Arabic (Western) numerals:2
• Assamese numerals:২
• Balinese numerals:᭒
• Bengali numerals:২
• Brahmi numerals:𑁨
• Chakma numerals:𑄸
• Cham numerals:꩒
• Devanagari numerals:२
• Dhives Akuru numerals:𑥒
• Gujarati numerals:૨
• Gurmukhi numerals:੨
• Indic Siyaq numerals:please add, if you can
• Hanifi Rohingya numerals:𐴲
• Javanese numerals:꧒
• Kaktovik numerals:𝋂
• Kannada numerals:೨
• Kawi numerals:𑽒
• Kayah Li numerals:꤂
• Khmer numerals:២
• Khudawadi numerals:𑋲
• Lanna numerals:(secular)᪂,(religious)᪒
• Lao numerals:໒
• Lepcha numerals:᱂
• Limbu numerals:᥈
• Malayalam numerals:൨
• Maya numerals:𝋢
• Mende Kikakui numerals:please add, if you can
• Meroitic cursive numerals:please add, if you can
• Meitei numerals:꯲
• Mongolian numerals:᠒
• Myanmar numerals:၂
• N'Ko numerals:߂
• Ol Chiki numerals:᱒
• Odia numerals:୨
• Osmanya numerals:𐒢
• Ottoman Siyaq numerals:please add, if you can
• Pahawh Hmong numerals:please add, if you can
• Persian numerals:۲
• Saurashtra numerals:꣒
• Sharada numerals:𑇒
• Sinhalese numerals:෨
• Sundanese numerals:᮲
• Takri numerals:𑛂
• Tamil numerals:௨
• Telugu numerals:౨
• Thai numerals:๒
• Tibetan numerals:༢
• Tirhuta numerals:𑓒
• Warang Citi numerals:𑣢

The following additional forms are equivalent as a cardinal number:

• Armenian numerals:Բ
• Brahmi numerals:𑁓
• Chinese numerals:Nhị/Nhị,Nhị
• CJK tally marks:𝍳
• Counting rod numerals:𝍪,𝍡
• Egyptian numerals:𓏻
• Ethiopic numerals:፪
• Gothic numerals:𐌱
• Greek numerals:Β΄,β΄
• Hebrew numerals:ב
• Old Persian numerals:𐏒
• Roman numerals:II,ii
• Sinhalese numerals:𑇢
• Tally marks:𝍷𝍷

Derived terms

• 2nd

See also

• 2 (number) in Wikipedia
• (Arabic digits):0123456789

Other representations of 2:

Morse code:··––– Braille:⠃ ASL Manual:V@Side-PalmBack

Signal flag(ICS and NATO):

Semaphore: After showing "numeric"

English

Pronunciation

• (too, two):IPA^(key):/tuː/
• (to):IPA^(key):/tuː/(stressed form),IPA^(key):/tə/,/tʊ/(unstressed)

• Audio(US):

  (file)

• Homophones:to,too,two
• Rhymes:-uː

Preposition

2

1. (text messaging,informal)Abbreviationofto.

   I have2go now.

   Send files2him.

2. (computing)Abbreviationofto;designatingconversionfrom oneformatto another

   pdf2txt, i.e. conversion fromPDFtoplain text

Derived terms

• A2C
• B2B
• B2C
• B2E
• B2G
• C2C
• D2C
• D2D
• D2D2T
• D2T
• E2E
• F2F
• F2P
• G2B
• G2G
• G2K
• M2M
• O2O
• P2P
• R2R
• T2T
• V2G
• V2H
• V2V
• w2w

See also

• 4
• 8

Adverb

2(notcomparable)

1. (text messaging,informal,eye dialect)Abbreviationoftoo.

   Can I come2?

Adjective

2(comparativemore2,superlativemost2)

1. Alternative form of2S;Abbreviationoftwo-spirited.

Derived terms

• 2LGBT?
• 2LGBT?I
• 2LGBTI
• 2LGBTI?
• 2LGBTQ
• 2LGBTQI
• LGBT?2
• LGBT?I2
• LGBT2
• LGBTI?2
• LGBTI2
• LGBTIQ2
• LGBTQ2
• LGBTQI2

Noun

2(plural2s)

1. Alternative form of2S;Abbreviationoftwo-spirit.

See also

• 2-2-6
• Camp 2
• Modula-2
• V2
• V-2
• Zone 2 Poblacion

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/dø/

• Audio:

  (file)

Preposition

2

1. (text messaging)Alternative form ofde

Further reading

• “2”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

Indonesian

Alternative forms

• ²

Iteration mark

2

1. (datedorinformal,often superscript)Aniteration markused as anabbreviationfor the second part of areduplicatedcompoundword.

Malay

Alternative forms

• ²

Iteration mark

2

1. (datedorinformal,often superscript)Aniteration markused as anabbreviationfor the second part of areduplicatedcompoundword.

Mongolian

Symbol

²

Examples
-ууд²=-ууд(-uud)&-үүд(-üüd) руу²=руу(ruu)&рүү(rüü)

1. (linguistics)Used after an isolatedaffixorcliticto indicate that it has two variant forms, dependent on thevowel harmonyof the precedingstemorword.

Usage notes

This is usually used to indicate that an affix or clitic varies between using theback vowel⟨у⟩and thefront vowel⟨ү⟩.

See also

• ³
• ⁴

Tagalog

Symbol

2(colloquial,chieflytext messaging)

1. used to represent the syllabletoortudue to similarity of pronunciation withEnglishtwo

   22o (totoo)―real

   d2(dito)―here

   2malon (tumalon)―to jump

Iteration mark

2(colloquial,sometimes superscript,chieflytext messaging)

1. used as anabbreviationfor the second part of areduplicatedsyllableorcompoundword

   ka2in (kakain)―will be eating

   ta2kbo (tatakbo)―will be running

   Ang kulit2(kulit-kulit) mo.

   You're so stubbornsome.

Alternative forms

• ²