兩

See also 両, and 两

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

Two 丙 side by side. 丙 was originally phonetic (both 丙 and 兩 were pronounced as approximately *praŋʔ in Old Chinese).

Han character

兩 (radical 11 入+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一中月人 (MLBO), four-corner 1022₇, composition ⿱一⿻巾⿰入入)

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

References

• KangXi: page 126, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1436
• Dae Jaweon: page 272, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 24, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5169

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Cantonese

Hanzi

兩 (simplified 两, jyutping loeng5, Yale leung5)

1. tael

Noun

兩 (traditional)

1. (Hong Kong) tael, a traditional unit of weight, legally defined as 1/16 of a catty (kan / 斤) or 0.0377993638 kilograms (公斤)

See also

• 担 , 斤 , 錢 , 分 , 金衡兩 , 金衡錢 , 金衡分
• 公斤 , 克

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Japanese

Kanji

兩 (uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 両)

1. both

Readings

• On: りょう (ryō)
• Kun: ふたつ (futatsu)

Alternative forms

• 两 (also kyūjitai)

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Mandarin

Hanzi

兩 (simplified 两, pinyin liǎng (liang3), Wade-Giles liang³)

Compounds

• 兩者

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Vietnamese

Han character

兩 (lưỡng, lạng)