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U+5006, 倆
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5006

[U+5005]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+5007]
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Translingual

Han character

(radical 9 +8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人一中月 (OMLB), four-corner 21227, composition)

References

  • KangXi: page 107, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 751
  • Dae Jaweon: page 227, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 172, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5006

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
*raŋʔ
*raŋʔ, *raŋs
*raŋʔ
*raŋʔ, *raŋs
*raŋʔ
*raŋʔ
*raŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *raŋʔ) : semantic  + phonetic  (OC *raŋʔ, *raŋs).

Etymology 1

Contraction of (liǎngge, “two + classifier”).

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (colloquial) functioning as (“two”) + (“classifier”): two; pair; couple; both
    姐妹 / 姐妹   jiěmèiliǎ   the two sisters
  2. (colloquial, chiefly Mainland) a few; some

Usage notes

倆/俩 is not followed by the classifier ().

Related terms

Compounds

  • 倆錢兒俩钱儿
  • 公母倆公母俩
  • 哥倆好哥俩好
  • 哥兒倆哥儿俩

Etymology 2

Pronunciation



Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 8053
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*raŋʔ/

Definitions

  1. Only used in 伎倆伎俩 (jìliǎng, “clever; skilled”).

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Compounds


Korean

Hanja

(ryang) (hangeul , revised ryang, McCune-Reischauer ryang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

(lưỡng, lạng)

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