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[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology

Simplified from

[edit] Han character

(radical 29 +2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 水水 (EE), X水水 (XEE))

  1. set of two, pair, couple
  2. both
  3. twins

[edit] References

  • KangXi: page 165, character 17
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3125
  • Dae Jaweon: page 375, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 393, character 9
  • Unihan data for U+53CC

[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

(Yale seung1)


[edit] Japanese

[edit] Noun

(hiragana ふた, romaji futa)

  1. set of two, pair

[edit] Kanji

(common kanji)

[edit] Readings

[edit] Compounds

  • 双子 (futago): twins, a twin
  • 双方 (sōhō): two way, both parties
  • 双葉 (futaba): bud, sprout
  • 双肩 (sōken): shoulders
  • 双頭 (sōtō): double-headed
  • 双璧 (sōheki): pair of bright jewels

[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

(hangeul , revised ssang, McCune-Reischauer ssang)


[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Hanzi

(traditional , pinyin shuāng (shuang1), Wade-Giles shuang1)

[edit] Adjective

  1. even (number)

[edit] Antonyms

[edit] Compounds

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