両

Stroke order

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)

• 𠈓, 輌

• 満, 𭱩, 𥈞

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

(Third grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 兩)

1. both
2. old Japanese coin
3. two
4. counter for carriages

From Middle Chinese 兩 (MC ljangX); 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 ljangH); 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)

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

両 (as both weight and currency)

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English Wikipedia has an article on:

Ryō (as a unit of currency)

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English Wikipedia has an article on:

Tael (ryō or koro as a unit of weight)

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

• (Tokyo) りょー (Atamadaka – )^[1]
• IPA^(key):

• This pitch accent only applies when this is used as a standalone noun.

両(りょう) • (ryō) ^{←りやう (ryau)?}

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

両(りょう) • (ryō-) ^{←りやう (ryau-)?}

1. both

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”).

• IPA^(key):

両(ころ) • (-koro) 

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

The koro reading appears to be obsolete, superseded by ryō above.

Probably from Middle Chinese 輛 (MC *ljangH, “counter for vehicles”).

• IPA^(key):

両(りょう) • (-ryō) ^{←りやう (-ryau)?}

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.

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

• Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN