両

See also: 兩 and 两
両 U+4E21, 両
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E21
← 丠
[U+4E20] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 丢 →
[U+4E22]

Translingual

Traditional 兩
Shinjitai 両
Simplified 两

Han character

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

References

  • 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

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 両 – see 兩 (“two; some; few; etc.”).
(This character, 両, is a variant form of 兩.)

Japanese

Kanji 1

Shinjitai

 両

Kyūjitai

 兩
両

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

  1. both
  2. old Japanese coin
  3. two

Readings

Compounds

Kanji 2

両

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. counter for carriages, such as in a train

Readings

Usage notes

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

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
両
りょう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese 兩 (lɨɐŋH, “two, both”).

Pronunciation

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

Prefix

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

  1. both
  2. two

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
両
ころ
Grade: 3
kun’yomi

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”).

Pronunciation

Counter

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

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

The koro reading appears to be obsolete, superseded by ryō above.

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
両
りょう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Probably from Middle Chinese 輛 (lɨɐŋH?, counter for vehicles).

Pronunciation

Counter

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.

References

  1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
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