JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
HTML
<textarea id=c></textarea><textarea id=o></textarea>
JavaScript
c.oninput=(function(){
o.innerHTML="";
z=c.value.match(/[\s\S]{1,2}/g)||[];
z=z.map(e=>e[0])
o.appendChild(document.createTextNode(z.join``));
});