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双

双 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ふたつ。
  2. ならぶ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

「雙」の異体字。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

pair, set, comparison, counter for pairs

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ソウJHS
Kun (native)
  • ふたJHS
  • たぐい
  • ならぶ
  • ふたつ
Nanori (used in names)
  • ふ
Other languages
  • 拼音shuang1
  • 한글ssang
  • Hán-ViệtSong

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
4 strokes
Radical
又(また)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+53CC

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰又又

Words using this kanji

  • 双方そうほうあちらとこちら。both parties, both sides
  • 双そうpair
  • 双子ふたご双生児。詳細は ふたご 参照。twins, twin
  • 双葉ふたばseed leaves (of a dicot), cotyledons, bud, sprout
  • 双眼鏡そうがんきょう二つの望遠鏡を並べ、両眼で見るようにした望遠鏡。binoculars, field glasses
  • 双生児そうせいじ同じ日に同じ両親から生まれた二人の子供。ふたご。 多胎児に含まない双子の言い方。twins
  • 双発そうはつ（航空機が）発動機を二つ備えていること。two-motored
  • 双頭そうとうからだは一つであるが、あたまが二つあるもの。両頭。 一つの組織に統率者などが二人いる状態。double-headed
  • 双眼そうがん左右両方の目。both eyes, binocular
  • 双脚そうきゃくboth legs
  • 双肩そうけん左右両方の肩。 （「双肩に担う」「双肩にかかる」などの形で）任務や責任を一身に負うこと。shoulders
  • 双射そうしゃ（数学）全単射。bijection
  • 双生そうせい同時に二人の胎児が生まれること。bearing twins, twins
  • 双対そうついduality
  • 双蹄そうていcloven foot
  • 双幅そうふくpair of hanging scrolls
  • 双翼そうよくboth wings
  • 双輪そうりん前後または左右に二つ付いた車輪。また、そのような車。two wheels
  • 双六すごろくrace game (board game played with dice in which the object is to reach the end of a track), ban-sugoroku, sugoroku
  • 双璧そうへき(two) matchless things, (two) matchless people, pair of bright jewels

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
1-2-2
Four Corner
7744.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2h2.1
Heisig
753
Nelson
859