両
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TranslingualEdit
Traditional | 兩 |
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Shinjitai | 両 |
Simplified | 两 |
Han characterEdit
両 (Kangxi radical 1, 一+5, 6 strokes, cangjie input 一山月 (MUB), four-corner 10227, composition ⿱一⿻冂山 or ⿻⿱一山冂 or ⿻山⿱一冂)
Derived charactersEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- KangXi: not present, would follow page 78, character 10
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 46
- Dae Jaweon: page 157, character 7
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 19, character 1
- Unihan data for U+4E21
ChineseEdit
For pronunciation and definitions of 両 – see 兩 (“two; two; etc.”). (This character, 両, is the draft (1955) first-round simplified and variant form of 兩.) |
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JapaneseEdit
両 | |
兩 |
KanjiEdit
両
(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 兩)
ReadingsEdit
From Middle Chinese 兩 (MC lɨɐŋX); compare Mandarin 兩/两 (liǎng):
- Go-on: りょう (ryō, Jōyō)←りやう (ryau, historical)
- Kan-on: りょう (ryō, Jōyō)←りやう (ryau, historical)
- Tō-on: りゃん (ryan)
From Middle Chinese 兩 (MC lɨɐŋH); compare Mandarin 兩/两 (liàng):
- Go-on: りょう (ryō, Jōyō)←りやう (ryau, historical)
- Kan-on: りょう (ryō, Jōyō)←りやう (ryau, historical)
- Tō-on: りゃん (ryan)
From native Japanese roots:
- Kun: ころ (koro, 両); ふたたび (futatabi, 両び); ふたつ (futatsu, 両つ); もろ (moro, 両)
- Nanori: ふた (futa); ふる (furu); もろ (moro)
CompoundsEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Kanji in this term |
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両 |
りょう Grade: 3 |
on’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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兩 (kyūjitai) |
From Middle Chinese 兩 (MC lɨɐŋX, “two, both”).
PronunciationEdit
- This pitch accent only applies when this is used as a standalone noun.
NounEdit
- the both of something
- 両の手で
- ryō no te de
- with both hands
- 両の手で
- a traditional unit of currency
PrefixEdit
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Kanji in this term |
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両 |
ころ Grade: 3 |
kun’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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兩 (kyūjitai) |
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”).
PronunciationEdit
CounterEdit
- (obsolete) a traditional unit of weight, roughly equivalent to 37.5 grams
Usage notesEdit
The koro reading appears to be obsolete, superseded by ryō above.
Etymology 3Edit
Kanji in this term |
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両 |
りょう Grade: 3 |
on’yomi |
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兩 (kyūjitai) 輛 輌 |
Probably from Middle Chinese 輛 (MC lɨɐŋH?, “counter for vehicles”).
PronunciationEdit
CounterEdit
Usage notesEdit
Usually replaces 輛 and extended shinjitai form 輌 in modern usage.
Derived termsEdit
- 車両 (sharyō)
ReferencesEdit
- 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan