兩

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See also 両, and 两

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[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

兩 (simplified 两, Yale leung5)

[edit] Romanizations

[edit] 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)

[edit] See also

[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

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

  1. both

[edit] Readings

[edit] Alternative forms

  • 两 (also kyūjitai)

[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

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

[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

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

[edit] Compounds

[edit] Vietnamese

[edit] Han character

兩 (lưỡng, lạng)

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