The Chinese Radical: 二


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Meaning
two    二

Explanation

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
some, few, several, small amount
xiē
Top: this/these (He stopped and sat down: This person!), below: two
These two are some, ..
JLPT HSK 1
two, number 2
èr

Two strokes, two fingers
JLPT HSK 1
five, 5


Three horizontal lines and two vertical lines make a total of five.
JLPT HSK 3
to emit (smoke), to give off, to send out
mào
Top: cover and two (here: smoke), below: eye
Under a cover smoke accumulated and becomes visible: It has been emitted.
JLPT HSK 4
to the greatest extent, to exhaust, furthest or extreme
jǐn, jìn
Top: measure of length (1 chǐ = 30 cm, of a person placing a foot to a side), below: two
Two units are the greatest extent.
JLPT HSK 4
mutually, reciprocally

Image of a spool with threads in a crosswinding. - (Please notice the similarity with the radical for intertwined threads )
Threads crossing mutually.
JLPT HSK 4
relatively weak, inferior, second, Asia, sub-

Top: one (here: a board or plank), below: business, occupation (it's shown a volcanic vent with a hollow peak)
Put a plank over the hollow volcanic vent because its crossing is relatively weak.
JLPT HSK 4
cloud, to say sth.
yún
Top: two (here: image of clouds), bottom: nose
It can drip from both, namely from noses or: clouds.
JLPT HSK 5
mainland, continent, shore, land
liù, lù
Left: hill , right: hit, strike 击 (here: roads and mountain )
There are hills, roads and mountains: It is the mainland.
JLPT HSK 6
a well, neat, orderly
jǐng

Pictograph of a framed well
JLPT HSK 6
benevolent, humane, kernel
rén
Left: person /, right: two
A person is like two, if it is benevolent.
JLPT HSK 6
greasy, unctuous, intimate, tired of

Left: body part /, right: two (anti-fraud) (Two sabres and the money become an anti-fraud two.)
For the body I received two sabres and money because it was so greasy.
JLPT no HSK
India 天竺 (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context)
zhú
Top: bamboo , bottom: two
Bamboo for two in Indian Buddhism.
JLPT no HSK
crown, ceremonial cap, corona (e.g. solar)
miǎn
Top: two (Take this part as the image of a crown), bottom: to avoid, escape (an escaping rabbit 兔: long ears , big eyes 罒, legs but no tail )
It looks like a crown , and is padded/cushioned with rabbit's fur: The crown.
JLPT no HSK
urgent, repeatedly, frequently
jí, qì
Outside: sigh, gasp 叹 (The mouth should be (covered) with the hand , when: sighing.), inside: to accomplish (Past-suffix) (The still arm-less child should be completed.), one
He sighed at the completion because it was so urgent.
JLPT no HSK
ashes, embers
jìn
Left: fire , right: to the greatest extent, to exhaust 尽 (Two units are the greatest extent)
After the fire had its greatest extend, it becomes: ashes.
JLPT no HSK
extending all the way across, running through
gèn
Twice horizon with the sun in between as: from dawn to dusk
From sunrise to sunset is: extending all the way through.
JLPT no HSK
two (banker's anti-fraud numeral), to betray
èr
Top: two , sabre , bottom: money
Two sabres and the money becomes an anti-fraud two. [1 to10 are: 壹 叁肆伍陆柒捌玖拾]

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