Sinograph Addenda · Signs
二two · èr · two
two
Where it comes from
Two strokes for two, the upper drawn a little shorter — the
pointing move at its plainest. Taught in
the strokes chapter,
one breath after 一one · yī · one; whole, unified.
How to remember it
Two fingers now. The upper stroke is shorter because the brush
is already moving on — two, and gone.
In the wild
道way · dào · way, road; the Way; to guide生grow · shēng · to grow, to be born; life一one · yī · one; whole, unified，一one · yī · one; whole, unified生grow · shēng · to grow, to be born; life二two · èr · two，二two · èr · two生grow · shēng · to grow, to be born; life三three · sān · three; several，三three · sān · three; several生grow · shēng · to grow, to be born; life萬myriad · wàn · ten thousand; myriad, countless物thing · wù · thing, creature; the things of the world。dào shēng yī, yī shēng èr, èr shēng sān, sān shēng wàn wù"the Way gives birth to one; one to two; two to three; three to the ten thousand things" — 二two · èr · two in the middle of creation itself
Laozi 42.
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