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二 — stroke order
Watch how to write 二 (èr) stroke by stroke. 二 has 2 strokes and means “two”. It appears in common words such as 第二 (second) and 十二 (twelve). The animation follows the correct Chinese stroke order inside a 米字格 practice grid — tap the cell or the ↺ button to replay it.
Common words with 二
The most common words that use 二 — tap any word to draw it stroke by stroke in the full tool.
第二dìèrsecond十二shíèrtwelve二十èrshítwenty初二chūèrsecond year in junior middle school週二zhōuèrTuesday二奶èrnǎimistress
How 二 is written
- Radical
- 二
- Formation
- Ideographic — Two parallel lines; compare 一 (one) and 三 (three).