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倆

倆

倆 U+5006, 倆
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5006
← 倅
[U+5005] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 倇 →
[U+5007]
See also: 俩

Translingual

Han character

倆 (radical 9 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人一中月 (OMLB), four-corner 21227, composition ⿰亻兩)

References

  • KangXi: page 107, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 751
  • Dae Jaweon: page 227, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 172, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5006

Chinese

trad. 倆
simp. 俩

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (兩) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
倆 *raŋʔ
兩 *raŋʔ, *raŋs
脼 *raŋʔ
緉 *raŋʔ, *raŋs
蜽 *raŋʔ
魎 *raŋʔ
輛 *raŋs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *raŋʔ) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 兩 ‎(OC *raŋʔ, *raŋs).

Etymology 1

Contraction of 兩個 (liǎngge, “two + classifier”).

Pronunciation

Definitions

倆

  1. (colloquial) functioning as 兩 (“two”) + 個 (“classifier”): two; pair; couple; both
    姐妹倆 / 姐妹俩  ―  jiěmèiliǎ  ―  the two sisters
  2. (colloquial, chiefly Mainland) a few; some

Usage notes

倆／俩 is not followed by the classifier 個／个 (gè).

Related terms

Compounds

  • 倆錢兒／俩钱儿
  • 公母倆／公母俩
  • 哥倆好／哥俩好
  • 哥兒倆／哥儿俩

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 倆
Reading # 1/1
No. 8053
Phonetic
component		 兩
Rime
group		 陽
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese		 /*raŋʔ/

Definitions

倆

  1. Only used in 伎倆／伎俩 (jìliǎng, “clever; skilled”).

Japanese

Kanji

倆

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

倆 • ‎(ryang) (hangeul 량, revised ryang, McCune-Reischauer ryang)

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Vietnamese

Han character

倆 (lưỡng, lạng)

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