Character: 二
Modern (Beijing) reading: èr
Preclassic Old Chinese: nijs
Classic Old Chinese: nić
Western Han Chinese: njǝś
Eastern Han Chinese: ńǝś
Early Postclassic Chinese: ńiś
Middle Postclassic Chinese: ńìj
Late Postclassic Chinese: ńì
Middle Chinese: ńì
English meaning : two
Russian meaning[s]: 1) два; второй; 2) двойной; дважды; 3) второй номер, помощник
Comments: For early OC a reconstruction *nit-s is also possible. Viet. has an interesting opposition: nhị 'two' - nhì 'second' - the basis for it within Chinese is not clear. For *n- cf. Xiamen ʒi6, li6, Chaozhou zi6, Fuzhou ne6, Jianou ni6.
Radical: 7
Four-angle index: 2
Karlgren code: 0564 a-f
Vietnamese reading: nhị
Jianchuan Bai: ne6
Dali Bai: ne6
Shijing occurrences: 44.1, 44.2, 58.4
