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Translingual [edit]

Stroke order
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Etymology [edit]

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

Han character [edit]

(radical 11 +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 [edit]

  • 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

Cantonese [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(simplified , jyutping loeng5, Yale leung5)

  1. tael

Noun [edit]

(traditional)

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

See also [edit]


Japanese [edit]

Kanji [edit]

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanjikyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form )

  1. both

Readings [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

  • (also kyūjitai)

Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]

(hangeul , revised ryang, McCune-Reischauer ryang)


Mandarin [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

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

Compounds [edit]


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(lưỡng, lạng)