兩
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Translingual
Traditional | 兩 |
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Shinjitai | 両 |
Simplified | 两 |
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Han character
兩 (radical 11, 入+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一中月人 (MLBO), four-corner 10227, composition ⿻帀𠓜)
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
- Unihan data for U+F978
Chinese
trad. | 兩 | |
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simp. | 两 | |
variant forms | 両 especially “tael” 㒳 |
Glyph origin
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References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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Characters in the same phonetic series (兩) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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Old Chinese | |
倆 | *raŋʔ |
兩 | *raŋʔ, *raŋs |
脼 | *raŋʔ |
緉 | *raŋʔ, *raŋs |
蜽 | *raŋʔ |
魎 | *raŋʔ |
輛 | *raŋs |
Etymology
Unknown. Schuessler (2007) proposes two possible etymologies:
- Borrowing from Kra-Dai; compare Proto-Tai *rawᴬ (“we”) > Thai เรา (rao, “we”), Zhuang raeuz (“we (inclusive)”); Proto-Kam-Sui *hra¹ (“two”) > Southern Kam yac (“two”), Sui xgaz (“two”).
- Cognate with Tibetan སྲང (srang, “balance; scale; weight; unit of weight”).
Derivative: 輛 (OC *raŋs, “chariot”) (literally “that which is paired”, i.e. “a set of wheels”).
Pronunciation 1
Definitions
兩
Usage notes
Usage notes
Synonyms
- 二 (èr, “two”)
Pronunciation 2
Definitions
兩
Pronunciation 3
Definitions
兩
- Original form of 輛/辆 (liàng).
- 之子于歸,百兩御之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Zhīzǐ yúguī, bǎi liàng yù zhī. [Pinyin]
- This young lady is going to her future home;
A hundred carriages are meeting her.
之子于归,百两御之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Compounds
Derived terms from 兩
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Descendants
Further reading
- “Entry #3599”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.
Vietnamese
Han character
兩 (lưỡng, lạng)
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