双

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

双 (Kangxi radical 29, 又+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 水水 (EE) or 難水水 (XEE), four-corner 7744₀, composition ⿰又又)

Derived characters

• 𰁪, 𪥫, 𫹷, 㧐, 𨑱, 𧉐, 叒, 𣏪, 叕, 𫁷, 聂, 𠓰, 𨥖, 𨋌, 轰, 𫡱, 𡛒, 𭩞, 𤘩, 𠬺, 𫨹, 𠭎, 𫌵, 𫩅, 𩐂, 𩢂, 𩿏, 𠮆, 𦉳, 𡇄, 𨳦, 𨨭, 𭃲, ⿱⿻丅⿱冖⿰丶丶双

Related characters

• 雙 (Orthodox traditional form)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 165, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3125
• Dae Jaweon: page 375, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 393, character 9
• Unihan data for U+53CC

Chinese

Glyph origin

Duplication of 又.

Simplified from 䨇 (elimination of 雔), which is also a variant form of 雙.

The earliest known record can be found in Ming dynasty 《俗書刊誤》.

The character 双 bears superficial similarity to the early form of 友 (yǒu). However, the former is not a direct descendant of the latter.

Definitions

Compounds

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04463-004

Japanese

Glyph origin

Listed in the 1946 tōyō kanji as a shinjitai of 雙. Based on an unorthodox variant of 雙 that can be traced back to the Ming dynasty in China.

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 雙)

Readings

• Go-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)^{←そう (sou, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kun: ふた (futa, 双, Jōyō); ふたつ (futatsu, 双つ); たぐい (tagui, 双); ならぶ (narabu, 双ぶ)
• Nanori: なみ (nami); ふ (fu); もろ (moro)

Compounds

• 双(すご)六(ろく) (sugoroku, “a child's dice game”)

Etymology 1

Originally /huta/: * > . See full etymology at 二.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

双(ふた) • (futa) 

1. set of two, pair

Derived terms

• 双(ふた)子(ご) (futago, “twins, a twin”)
• 双(ふた)葉(ば) (futaba, “bud, sprout”)

Etymology 2

Compare Middle Chinese 雙 (MC sraewng).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) そ​ー (Atamadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

Adjective

双(そう) • (sō) 

1. pair; double

Derived terms

References

Korean

Hanja

双 (eum 쌍 (ssang))

1. Alternative form of 雙

References

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo).

Vietnamese

Han character

双: Hán Việt readings: song
双: Nôm readings: song, xong, rông, rong

1. Alternative form of 雙

References

Zhuang

Numeral

双

1. Sawndip form of song