Example sentences
jīn今tiān天shì是xīng星qī期èr二。
Today is Tuesday.
wǒ我pái排dì第èr二。
I'm second in line.
The story behind the character
二
Two lines. The ancients kept numerals as simple as possible: one is one line, two is two lines.
Related words
Related reading
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