# 2

| Text style | Emoji style |
| 2︎ | 2️ |
| Text style is forced with ⟨&#xFE0E;⟩ and emoji style with ⟨&#xFE0F;⟩. ||
| 2 U+0032, &#50; DIGIT TWO ← 1 [U+0031] Basic Latin 3 → [U+0033] ||
| ² | U+00B2, &#178; SUPERSCRIPT TWO |
| ← ± [U+00B1] | Latin-1 Supplement | ³ → [U+00B3] |
| ₂ | U+2082, &#8322; SUBSCRIPT TWO |
| ← ₁ [U+2081] | Superscripts and Subscripts | ₃ → [U+2083] |
| ２ | U+FF12, &#65298; FULLWIDTH DIGIT TWO |
| ← １ [U+FF11] | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms | ３ → [U+FF13] |
| 𝟸 | U+1D7F8, &#120824; MATHEMATICAL MONOSPACE DIGIT TWO |
| ← 𝟷 [U+1D7F7] | Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols | 𝟹 → [U+1D7F9] |
| 🯲 | U+1FBF2, &#130034; 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 Devanagari २ (2)), from a cursive form of two lines to represent the number two. See 2 § Evolution for more.

### Symbol

2 (prev 1, next 3)
* The cardinal number two.
* A digit in the decimal system of numbering, as well as octal, and hexadecimal.
* A rotational symmetry element in the Hermann-Mauguin notation, indicating a rotation over π (twofold axis).
* (mathematics) The two-element Boolean algebra, two-point discrete space or a (canonical) two-element set.
* (superscript) The square of a number or a unit.
    m$^2$ stands for square meter.
    n$^2$ is usually pronounced as "n squared".
* (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
* (phonetics, Sinosphere, often superscript) tone number 2, typically identified with light level yang ping (陽平). May be identified with rising shang tone (上) if the yin–yang distinction is not made.
    Synonyms: ꜁, ꜂
* (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⟩.
* (linguistics) Second person.
    Coordinate terms: 1, 3

#### Gallery

* Letter styles
* Lining digit 2.
* Oldstyle 2 in Fraktur script.

#### Alternative forms

The following forms are equivalent as a decimal digit:
* Aegean numerals: 𐄈
* 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
* Garay numerals: 𐵂
* Gujarati numerals: ૨
* Gurmukhi numerals: ੨
* Indic Siyaq numerals: 𞱲
* 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: 
* Meroitic cursive numerals: 
* 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: 𞴂
* Pahawh Hmong numerals: 𖭒
* 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: 貳/贰, 二
* 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): 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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: /tuː/
* (to): IPA: /tuː/ (stressed form), IPA: /tə/, /tʊ/ (unstressed)
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)
* Homophones: to, too, two
* Rhymes: -uː

### Preposition

2
* (text messaging, informal) Abbreviation of to.
    I have 2 go now.
    Send files 2 him.
* (computing) Abbreviation of to; designating conversion from one format to another
    pdf2txt, i.e. conversion from PDF to plain 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 (not comparable)
* (text messaging, informal, eye dialect) Abbreviation of too.
    Can I come 2?

### Adjective

2 (comparative more 2, superlative most 2)
* Alternative form of 2S; Abbreviation of two-spirited.

#### Derived terms

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

### Noun

2 (plural 2s)
* Alternative form of 2S; Abbreviation of two-spirit.

### See also

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

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dø/
* Audio:(file)

### Preposition

2
* (text messaging) Alternative form of de

### Further reading

* “2”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Indonesian
### Iteration mark

2
* (dated or informal, often superscript) an iteration mark used as an abbreviation for the second part of a reduplicated compound word

## Malay
### Iteration mark

2
* (dated or informal, often superscript) An iteration mark used as an abbreviation for the second part of a reduplicated compound word.

## Mongolian
### Symbol

* (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

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

#### See also
## Tagalog
### Symbol

2 (colloquial, chiefly text messaging)
* 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

### Iteration mark

2 (colloquial, sometimes superscript, chiefly text messaging)
* 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.