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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.
m² stands for square meter.

$n 2$ is usually pronounced as "n squared".
February.
Comeronyms: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
(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:

Derived terms

Pronunciation

(too, two): IPA^(key): /tuː/
(to): IPA^(key): /tuː/ (stressed form), IPA^(key): /tə/, /tʊ/ (unstressed)
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Audio (US): (file)
Homophones: to, too, two
Rhymes: -uː

Preposition

(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

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