Translingual

Han character

孖 (radical 39 子+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 弓木弓木 (NDND), four-corner 1744₇, composition ⿰子子)

1. twins

References

• KangXi: page 277, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6941
• Dae Jaweon: page 545, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1011, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5B56

Chinese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Definitions

孖

1. twin
2. Alternative form of 滋 (zī, “to propagate”).

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

孖 (Cantonese)

1. twin

   孖女 [Cantonese]  ―  maa¹ neoi^5-2 [Jyutping]  ―  twin girls

2. conjoined
3. Classifier for a pair of linked objects.  ⇒ all nouns using this classifier

   一孖臘腸 / 一孖腊肠 [Cantonese]  ―  jat¹maa¹ laap⁶ coeng^4-2 [Jyutping]  ―  a pair of Chinese sausages

Compounds

References

• (Cantonese) Multi-function Chinese Character Database (漢語多功能字庫)

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On: し (shi), じ (ji)
• Kun: ふたご (futago)

Korean

Hanja

孖 • ‎(ja) (hangeul 자, revised ja, McCune-Reischauer cha)

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