雙 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Meaning (Japanese)

  1. ふたつ。
  2. ならぶ。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Origin of the character

象形または会意。「又」(右手) + 「隹」 × 2。「ふたつ」を意味する漢語{雙}を表す字。

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
Kun (native)
  • たぐい
  • ならぶ
  • ふたつ
  • ふた〜
Other languages
  • 拼音shuang1
  • 한글ssang
  • Hán-ViệtSong

Basics

Strokes
18 strokes
Radical
隹(ふるとり)
JIS level
Level 2
Unicode
U+96D9

Components

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

Composition (IDS): top–bottom ⿱雔又

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Variants

Lookup codes

SKIP
2-16-2
Four Corner
2040.7
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2h2.1
Nelson
866