両

両 (radical 1, 一+5, 6 strokes, cangjie input 一山月 (MUB), four-corner 1022₇, composition ⿱一⿻冂山 or ⿻⿱一山冂)

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 78, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46
• Dae Jaweon: page 157, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 19, character 1
• Unihan data for U+4E21

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 兩)

1. both
2. old Japanese coin
3. two

• Go-on: りょう (ryō, Jōyō)^{←りやう (ryau, historical)}
• Kan-on: りょう (ryō, Jōyō)^{←りやう (ryau, historical)}
• Tō-on: りゃん (ryan)
• Kun: ころ (koro, 両); ふたつ (futatsu, 両つ); もろ (moro, 両)

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. counter for carriages, such as in a train

• Go-on: ろう (rō)^{←らう (rau, historical)}
• Kan-on: りょう (ryō, Jōyō)^{←りやう (ryau, historical)}

Usually replaces 輛 and extended shinjitai form 輌 in modern usage.

From Middle Chinese 兩 (lɨɐŋ^H, “two, both”).

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) りょ​ー [ryóꜜò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ɾʲo̞ː]
• This pitch accent only applies when this is used as a standalone noun.

両 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 兩, hiragana りょう, rōmaji ryō, historical hiragana りやう)

1. the both of something

   両 (りょう)の手 (て)で

   ryō no te de

   with both hands

2. a traditional unit of currency

両 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 兩, hiragana りょう, rōmaji ryō-, historical hiragana りやう)

1. both

• 両 (りょう)足 (あし) (ryōashi)
• 両 (りょう)腕 (うで) (ryōude)
• 両 (りょう)側 (がわ) (ryōgawa)
• 両 (りょう)利 (き)き (ryōkiki)
• 両 (りょう)手 (て) (ryōte)
• 両 (りょう)隣 (どなり) (ryōdonari)
• 両 (りょう)耳 (みみ) (ryōmimi)
• 両 (りょう)目 (め) (ryōme)

From Old Japanese. Possibly related to root koro in reference to rolling, as in 転ぶ (korobu, “to tumble, to fall; to roll”), ころころ (korokoro, “rollingly”).

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ko̞ɾo̞]

両 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 兩, hiragana ころ, rōmaji -koro)

1. (obsolete) a traditional unit of weight, roughly equivalent to 37.5 grams

The koro reading appears to be obsolete, superseded by ryō above.

Probably from Middle Chinese 輛 (lɨɐŋ^H?, counter for vehicles).

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • IPA^(key): [ɾʲo̞ː]

両 (hiragana りょう, rōmaji -ryō, historical hiragana りやう)

1. a car of a train

   この電 (でん)車 (しゃ)は六 (ろく)両 (りょう)編 (へん)成 (せい)です。

   Kono densha wa rokuryō hensei desu.

   This train consists of six cars.

• 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan