漢字Kanji · in Time & Sequence
両: both, old Japanese coin
Also: counter for carriages (e.g., in a train), two
JLPT N36 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
一 carries the meaning · 冂 and 山 are drawn in
6 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
リョウryou · on'yomi · in compounds
- 両親りょうしんparents
- 両側りょうがわboth sides
- 両手りょうてboth hands
- 車両しゃりょうvehicle
- 両替えするりょうがえするchange (money)
- 両りょうboth (hands, parents, sides, etc.)
- 両国りょうこくboth countries
- 両党りょうとうboth (political) parties
Also read てる, ふたつ, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0 · JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Ideogrammic compound (會意)一 + 㒳
According to Shuowen Jiezi an ideogrammic compound (會意): 一 + 㒳.
Source: Wiktionary, 兩 (rev. 93318241), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Everything begins with one. This radical is the first strike of the brush that defines the horizon, the first step of a long journey, and the very foundation of the mathematical world.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side両 both · 一 + 冂
vs出 exit · 凵In ChineseSimplified 两 · traditional 兩 · liǎng
Three different forms: Japanese 両, simplified 两, traditional 兩.
- Simplified
- 两 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 兩 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin liǎng most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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