Two, even easier

Many people agree that Chinese probably would be the hardest langauge to learn. But it does not mean all the Chinese characters are as complex as the one (Love) I introduce at day one. Yesterday's character is a simple one. Today's one would be even easier.

How could it be?

Pronunciation: /er/
Meaning: number "Two"
Two straight lines! Top one is shorter than the bottom one. Pat, is it what you have in your mind? ;-)

This is a very important feature of Chinese charaters - you might get the meaning of the character from its look, but not know how to say it.