The Chinese Radical: 二




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Meaning
two    二

Explanation

Used in these characters:
HSK 1
some, few, several, small amount
xiē
Top: this/these 此 (He stopped 止 and sat 匕 down: This person!), below: two 二
These two are some, ..  
HSK 1
two, number 2
èr

Two strokes, two fingers  
HSK 1
five, 5


Three horizontal lines and two vertical lines make a total of five.  
HSK 3
to emit (smoke), to give off, to send out
mào
Top: cover 冂 and two 二 (here: smoke), below: eye 目
Under a cover smoke 二 accumulated and becomes visible: It has been emitted.  
HSK 4
to the greatest extent, to exhaust, furthest or extreme
jǐn, jìn
Top: measure of length 尺 (1 chǐ = 30 cm, of a person placing a foot to a side), below: two 二
Two units are the greatest extent.  
HSK 4
mutually, reciprocally

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

Top: one 一 (here: a board or plank), below: business, occupation 业 (it's shown a volcanic vent with a hollow peak)
Put a plank over the hollow volcanic vent because its crossing is relatively weak.  
HSK 4
cloud, to say sth.
yún
Top: two 二 (here: image of clouds), bottom: nose 厶
It can drip from both, namely from noses or: clouds.  
HSK 5
mainland, continent, shore, land
liù, lù
Left: hill 阝, right: hit, strike 击 (here: roads 二 and mountain 山)
There are hills, roads and mountains: It is the mainland.  
HSK 6
a well, neat, orderly
jǐng

Pictograph of a framed well  
HSK 6
benevolent, humane, kernel
rén
Left: person 亻/人, right: two 二
A person is like two, if it is benevolent.  
HSK 6
greasy, unctuous, intimate, tired of

Left: body part 月/肉, right: two (anti-fraud) 贰 (Two 二 sabers 弋 and the money 贝 become an anti-fraud two.)
For the body I received two sabers and money because it was so greasy.  
no HSK
India 天竺 (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context)
zhú
Top: bamboo 竹, bottom: two 二
Bamboo for two in Indian Buddhism.  
no HSK
crown, ceremonial cap, corona (e.g. solar)
miǎn
Top: 冂 two 二 (Take this part as the image of a crown), bottom: to avoid, escape 免 (an escaping rabbit 兔: long ears ⺈, big eyes 罒, legs 儿 but no tail 丶)
It looks like a crown 冂,二 and is padded/cushioned with rabbit's fur: The crown.  
no HSK
urgent, repeatedly, frequently
jí, qì
Outside: sigh, gasp 叹 (The mouth 口 should be (covered) with the hand 又, when: sighing.), inside: to accomplish (Past-suffix) 了 (The still arm-less 了 child 子 should be completed.), one 一
He sighed at the completion because it was so urgent.  
no HSK
ashes, embers
jìn
Left: fire 火, right: to the greatest extent, to exhaust 尽 (Two 二 units 尺 are the greatest extent)
After the fire had its greatest extend, it becomes: ashes.  
no HSK
extending all the way across, running through
gèn
Twice horizon 二 with the sun 日 in between as: from dawn 旦 to dusk
From sunrise to sunset is: extending all the way through.  
no HSK
two (banker's anti-fraud numeral), to betray
èr
Top: two 二, saber 弋, bottom: money 贝
Two sabers and the money becomes an anti-fraud two. [1 to10 are: 壹贰叁肆伍陆柒捌玖拾]  

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