Wiktionary

雙

See also: 隻 and 双
雙 U+96D9, 雙
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96D9
← 雘
[U+96D8] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 雚 →
[U+96DA]

Translingual edit

Japanese 双
Simplified 双
Traditional 雙

Han character edit

雙 (Kangxi radical 172, 隹+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 人土水 (OGE), four-corner 20407, composition ⿰雔又)

Derived characters edit

References edit

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1368, character 34
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42116
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1873, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4104, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+96D9

Chinese edit

trad. 雙
simp. 双
alternative forms
 
㕠
䨇
䨥
𩀝
𩆿
㕠
䨇
䨥
𩀝
𩆿
𩀱
 
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Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 雙
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
 
Characters in the same phonetic series (雙) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
雙 *sroːŋ
艭 *sroːŋ
愯 *soŋʔ
㩳 *soŋʔ

Ideogrammic compound (會意／会意) : 雔 (“two birds”) + 又 (“hand”) – Represents two birds (隹) in someone's right hand (又).

Etymology edit

Several etymologies have been posited:

Pronunciation edit

Note: shuàng - variant used in words meaning “twin” (e.g. 雙棒兒, 雙生兒).
Note: sung1 - variant only for “a pair (of chopsticks)”.
Note:
  • siang/sang - vernacular;
  • song - literary.
  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 雙
Mandarin Beijing /ʂuɑŋ⁵⁵/
Harbin /ʂuaŋ⁴⁴/ ～手
/ʂuaŋ⁵³/ 一對～兒
Tianjin /suɑŋ²¹/
Jinan /ʂuaŋ²¹³/
Qingdao /ʂuaŋ²¹³/
Zhengzhou /ʂuaŋ²⁴/
Xi'an /faŋ²¹/
Xining /fɔ̃⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /ʂuɑŋ⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /fɑ̃³¹/
Ürümqi /ʂuɑŋ⁴⁴/
/fɑŋ⁴⁴/
Wuhan /suaŋ⁵⁵/
Chengdu /suaŋ⁵⁵/
Guiyang /suaŋ⁵⁵/
Kunming /ʂuã̠⁴⁴/
Nanjing /ʂuaŋ³¹/
Hefei /ʂuɑ̃²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /suɒ̃¹¹/ 成～成對
/t͡sʰuɒ̃⁴⁵/ ～生生
Pingyao /suɑŋ¹³/
/t͡sʰuə³⁵/ ～生生
Hohhot /suɑ̃³¹/
Wu Shanghai /sɑ̃⁵³/
Suzhou /sɑ̃⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /sz̩ʷɑŋ³³/
Wenzhou /ɕyɔ³³/
Hui Shexian /so³¹/
Tunxi /sau¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /ɕyan³³/
Xiangtan /sɔn³³/
Gan Nanchang /sɔŋ⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /suŋ⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /suŋ²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /sœŋ⁵³/
Nanning /sœŋ⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /sœŋ⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /sɔŋ⁵⁵/
/siaŋ⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /souŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /sɔŋ⁵⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /saŋ³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /tiaŋ²³/
Rime
Character 雙
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 生 (21)
Final (韻) 江 (9)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 所江切
Baxter sraewng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ʃˠʌŋ/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ʃᵚɔŋ/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ʃɔŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ʂaɨwŋ/
Li
Rong 		/ʃɔŋ/
Wang
Li 		/ʃɔŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ʂɔŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		shuāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		song1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 雙
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		shuāng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ sræwng ›
Old
Chinese 		/*[s]roŋ/
English a pair

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 雙
Reading # 1/1
No. 11932
Phonetic
component 		雙
Rime
group 		東
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		雙
Old
Chinese 		/*sroːŋ/

Definitions edit

雙

  1. (attributive) two; double; twin
    Antonym: 單／单
    雙手／双手  ―  shuāngshǒu  ―  both hands
    雙面／双面  ―  shuāngmiàn  ―  double-sided, two-faced
    雙向／双向  ―  shuāngxiàng  ―  bidirectional; two-way
  2. (attributive, of an integer) even (divisible by two)
  3. (attributive) double; two-fold; twice
  4. (dialectal) twins
  5. Classifier for a pair of objects. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
    Antonym: 隻／只 (zhī)
    一雙鞋／一双鞋  ―  yī shuāng xié  ―  a pair of shoes
    一雙筷子／一双筷子 [Cantonese]  ―  jat1 soeng1 (or sung1) faai3 zi2 [Jyutping]  ―  a pair of chopsticks
  6. a rare surname: Shuang

Synonyms edit

  • (twins):
Dialectal synonyms of 雙胞胎 (“twins”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 雙胞胎, 雙生子, 孿生子
Mandarin Beijing 雙棒兒, 雙生兒, 雙兒
Taiwan 雙胞胎
Tianjin 雙子
Langfang 雙雙兒
Tangshan 雙棒兒
Cangzhou 雙子
Baoding 雙生兒
Shijiazhuang 雙生兒
Daming 雙生兒
Chifeng 雙棒兒
Bayanhot 雙雙
Harbin 雙棒兒, 雙勃朗兒, 雙子, 雙兒
Shenyang 雙兒
Yantai (Muping) 雙兒
Jinan 雙巴, 雙胞胎
Luoyang 雙胞胎, 雙生兒
Wanrong 雙生
Zhengzhou 雙生兒
Xi'an 雙生兒
Yinchuan 雙棒棒, 雙棒子
Lanzhou 雙雙
Xining 雙雙子兒, 雙雙子
Ürümqi 雙雙
Wuhan 雙生, 雙
Huanggang 雙生兒
Chengdu 雙雙兒, 雙兒, 雙, 雙胞胎
Guiyang 雙雙, 雙胞, 雙巴
Kunming 雙胞胎
Guilin 雙胞胎
Liuzhou 雙胞胎
Nanning (Wuming) 雙胞胎, 雙孖崽 ♂, 雙孖女 ♀
Xuzhou 雙兒雙兒, 雙生
Yangzhou 雙胞子
Nanjing 雙胞胎
Hefei 雙胞子
Nantong 雙胞兒
Malaysia 雙胞胎
Singapore 雙胞胎
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 雙雙兒
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) 雙生
Cantonese Guangzhou 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀
Hong Kong 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀, 雙胞胎, 孖胎
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 孖仔
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 孖仔
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 孖仔
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 孖仔
Macau 孖胎
Guangzhou (Panyu) 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 孖仔
Guangzhou (Conghua) 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀
Foshan 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀
Foshan (Shunde) 孖仔
Foshan (Sanshui) 孖胎
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 孖胎
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 孖胎
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 孖胎
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 孖仔
Zhuhai (Doumen) 孖仔
Jiangmen (Baisha) 孖仔
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 孖生
Taishan 孖生, 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀
Kaiping (Chikan) 孖生, 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀
Enping (Niujiang) 孖生, 孖仔
Heshan (Yayao) 孖得
Dongguan 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 孖胎
Qingyuan 孖胎, 孖仔, 雙仔
Fogang 孖胎
Yingde (Hanguang) 雙孖仔
Yangshan 孖仔
Lianshan (Butian) 雙龍仔
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) 雙孖仔, 雙孖胎
Shaoguan 孖仔
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 孖仔
Renhua 孖胎, 孖仔
Lechang 孖仔
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) 孖仔
Sihui 雙孖仔
Guangning 雙孖仔
Deqing 孖仔
Huaiji 孖胎
Fengkai (Nanfeng) 孖胎
Yunfu 雙孖仔, 孖仔
Xinxing 孖胎
Luoding 孖仔
Yunan (Pingtai) 雙孖
Yangjiang 雙孖仔 ♂, 雙孖妹 ♀
Xinyi 阿拉
Lianjiang 雙孖, 雙孖仔 ♂, 雙孖女 ♀
Nanning 雙孖仔 ♂, 雙孖女 ♀, 雙孖胎, 雙胞胎
Wuzhou 雙孖仔 ♂, 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀
Yulin 雙生
Hepu (Lianzhou) 雙胞胎
Danzhou 雙胞胎
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 孖仔
Singapore (Guangfu) 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 孖仔 ♂, 孖女 ♀
Gan Nanchang 雙生子
Lichuan 雙生
Pingxiang 雙雙仔, 雙雙子
Hakka Meixian 雙胞卵, 雙胞胎
Xingning 雙生子
Huidong (Daling) 雙生子胎
Dongguan (Qingxi) 孖仔
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 拉仔
Zhongshan (Wuguishan) 孖胎
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 孖胎
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 孖仔
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 雙花子
Conghua (Lütian) 雙孖仔 ♂, 雙孖女 ♀
Changting 雙胞落
Wuping 雙生牯子
Wuping (Pingyu) 雙生
Liancheng 雙胞落
Ninghua 雙生
Yudu 雙胞胎
Ruijin 雙胞落子, 雙胞子
Shicheng 雙生
Shangyou (Shexi) 雙胞子, 雙胞胎
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 雙胞卵
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 雙生
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 雙生仔
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 雙生仔
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 雙生
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 雙胞卵, 雙生仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 雙胞卵, 雙生
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 雙胞卵, 雙生仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 雙降, 雙胞卵
Hong Kong 孖仔
Luchuan (Daqiao) 雙胞胎
Sabah (Longchuan) 孖仔
Senai (Huiyang) 雙生, 雙胞
Singkawang 雙降
Jin Taiyuan 雙生生
Pingyao 雙生生
Xinzhou 雙生子
Linhe 雙生兒
Hohhot 雙生生
Zhangjiakou 雙生兒
Handan 雙生子
Northern Min Jian'ou 雙生仔
Eastern Min Fuzhou 雙生囝, 雙生
Fuqing 雙生囝
Southern Min Xiamen 雙生仔囝, 雙生仔, 雙生的, 雙生囝, 雙生
Quanzhou 雙生的
Jinjiang 雙生
Zhangzhou 雙生仔囝, 雙生仔, 夾雙仔
Taipei 雙生仔
Kaohsiung 雙生仔
Yilan 雙生仔
Changhua (Lukang) 雙生
Taichung 雙生仔
Taichung (Wuqi) 雙生仔囝
Tainan 雙生仔
Taitung 雙生仔
Hsinchu 雙生的
Penghu (Magong) 雙生仔
Singapore (Hokkien) 雙生仔
Manila (Hokkien) 雙生的, 雙生仔, 雙生
Zhangping (Yongfu) 雙生仔, 雙生囝
Datian 雙生囝
Pingnan (Shangdu) 雙胞胎
Chaozhou 雙生囝
Shantou 雙生囝, 雙胞胎
Jieyang 雙生囝, 雙生兒
Haifeng 雙生囝
Bangkok (Teochew) 雙生囝
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 雙生
Pontianak (Teochew) 雙生囝
Leizhou 雙生囝
Wenchang 雙生囝
Haikou 雙生囝
Central Min Yong'an 雙胞胎
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 孖囝
Sanxiang 孖胎
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 雙孖崽 ♂, 雙孖女 ♀, 雙胞胎
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 雙胞胎
Waxiang Guzhang (Gaofeng) 雙雙
Wu Shanghai 雙胞胎
Shanghai (Chongming) 雙幫頭
Suzhou 雙胞胎, 雙生子, 雙雙子
Danyang 雙胞, 雙胞胎
Hangzhou 雙生兒, 雙生子, 雙胞胎
Ningbo 雙胞胎
Wenzhou 雙生娒, 雙生, 雙胞胎
Jinhua 雙生兒
Xiang Changsha 雙胞胎, 雙生子
Loudi 雙生
Shuangfeng 雙生子, 雙胎
Quanzhou 雙胞胎
Note ♂ - male; ♀ - female
  • (pair):
Dialectal synonyms of 雙 (“pair (of shoes)”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 雙
Mandarin Beijing 雙
Taiwan 雙
Tianjin 雙
Chengde 雙, 對兒
Tangshan 雙
Cangzhou 雙, 對兒
Baoding 雙, 對兒
Shijiazhuang 雙, 對
Chifeng 雙, 對兒
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 雙, 對兒
Heihe 雙
Qiqihar 雙, 對
Harbin 雙, 對
Jiamusi 雙
Baicheng 雙
Changchun 雙
Tonghua 雙
Shenyang 雙, 對兒
Dandong 雙, 對
Jinzhou 雙, 對
Dalian 雙
Yantai 雙
Qingdao 雙
Lijin 雙
Zhucheng 雙
Jinan 雙
Jining 雙
Shangqiu 雙, 對
Yuanyang 雙, 對
Zhengzhou 雙, 對兒
Lingbao 雙, 對
Xinyang 雙, 對
Baihe 雙
Hanzhong 雙
Xi'an 雙, 對
Baoji 雙, 對
Yinchuan 雙, 對
Tianshui 雙
Lanzhou 雙, 對
Dunhuang 雙, 對
Xining 雙
Hami 雙, 對
Ürümqi 雙, 對
Wuhan 雙, 對
Yichang 雙
Xiangyang 雙, 對
Tianmen 雙
Hong'an 雙
Chengdu 雙
Nanchong 雙
Dazhou 雙
Hanyuan 雙
Xichang 雙
Zigong 雙
Chongqing 雙
Guiyang 雙, 對
Zunyi 雙, 對
Bijie 雙
Liping 對
Zhaotong 雙
Dali 雙, 對
Kunming 雙, 對
Mengzi 雙, 對
Guilin 雙, 對
Liuzhou 雙, 對
Jishou 雙, 對
Changde 雙, 對
Anqing 雙
Xuzhou 雙, 對
Fuyang 雙, 對
Wuhu 雙
Yangzhou 雙
Lianyungang 雙
Lianshui 雙
Nanjing 雙
Hefei 雙
Nantong 雙, 對
Malaysia 雙
Singapore 雙
Cantonese Guangzhou 對
Hong Kong 對
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 對
Macau 對
Guangzhou (Panyu) 對
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 對
Guangzhou (Conghua) 對
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 對
Foshan 對
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 對
Foshan (Shunde) 對
Foshan (Sanshui) 對
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 對
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 對
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 對
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 對
Zhuhai (Doumen) 對
Jiangmen (Baisha) 對
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 對
Taishan 對
Kaiping (Chikan) 對
Enping (Niujiang) 對
Heshan (Yayao) 對
Dongguan 對
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 對
Yangjiang 對
Nanning 對
Gan Nanchang 雙
Hakka Meixian 雙
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 對
Dongguan (Qingxi) 對
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 對
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 對
Conghua (Lütian) 雙
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 雙
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 雙
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 雙
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 雙
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 雙
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 雙
Huizhou Shexian 雙
Jin Taiyuan 雙, 對
Yangyuan 雙, 對
Datong 雙, 對
Xinzhou 雙, 對
Lishi 雙, 對
Linfen 雙, 對
Changzhi 雙, 對
Linhe 雙
Jining 雙, 對
Hohhot 雙
Erenhot 雙, 對
Pingshan 雙, 對
Zhangjiakou 雙
Handan 雙, 對
Linzhou 雙, 對兒
Suide 雙
Northern Min Jian'ou 雙
Eastern Min Fuzhou 雙
Southern Min Xiamen 雙
Tainan 雙
Manila (Hokkien) 雙
Chaozhou 雙
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 對
Wu Shanghai 雙
Suzhou 雙
Wenzhou 雙
Xiang Changsha 雙
Shuangfeng 雙

Compounds edit

Descendants edit

Sino-Xenic (雙):
  • → Japanese: 双(そう) (sō)
  • → Korean: 쌍(雙) (ssang)
  • → Vietnamese: song (雙)

Others:

References edit

Japanese edit

Shinjitai

双

Kyūjitai

雙

Kanji edit

雙

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 双)

  1. pair; set

Readings edit

Korean edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Chinese 雙 (MC sraewng). Has unusual tensing, the only other such readings being 氏 (ssi) and 喫 (kkik).

Pronunciation edit

Hanja edit

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

Wikisource

雙 (eumhun 쌍 쌍 (ssang ssang))

  1. Hanja form? of 쌍 (“pair”).

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

雙: Hán Nôm readings: song, rông, suông

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Zhuang edit

Numeral edit

雙

  1. Sawndip form of song
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