Translingual

Han character

両 (radical 1 一+5, 6 strokes, cangjie input 一山月 (MUB), four-corner 1022₇, composition ⿱一⿻冂山 or ⿻⿱一山冂)

1. two
2. both, pair, couple
3. ounce, tael

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 78, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46
• Dae Jaweon: page 157, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 19, character 1
• Unihan data for U+4E21

Chinese

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 兩)

1. both
2. old Japanese coin
3. two

Readings

• Goon: りょう (ryō), (historical) りやう (ryau)
• Kan’on: りょう (ryō), (historical) りやう (ryau)
• Tōon: (non-Jōyō reading) りゃん (ryan)
• Kun: (non-Jōyō reading) ふた (futa), ふたつ (futatsu)

Kanji

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 輛)

1. counter for carriages (e.g. in a train)

Readings

• Goon: (non-Jōyō reading) ろう (rō), (historical) らう (rau)
• Kan’on: りょう (ryō), (historical) りやう (ryau)

Usage notes

Shinjitai. As this form conflates the traditional characters 兩 and 輛, some may prefer not to simplify the latter, or to use the extended shinjitai form 輌.

Compounds

Related terms

• 両開き
• 両建て
• 両差し
• 両思い
• 両切り

Prefix

両 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 兩, hiragana りょう, romaji ryō-, historical hiragana りやう)

1. both
2. two

Counter

両 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 輛, hiragana りょう, romaji -ryō, historical hiragana りやう)

1. cars of a train