孖

Translingual

Han character

孖 (Kangxi radical 39, 子+3, 6 strokes, cangjie input 弓木弓木 (NDND), four-corner 1744₇, composition ⿰子子)

Derived characters

• 𠲚, 孨, 㝈, 𫩼, 𡥨, 𤂇

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 277, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6941
• Dae Jaweon: page 545, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1011, character 1
• Unihan data for U+5B56

Chinese

Glyph origin

Duplication of 子.

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Definitions

孖

1. twin
2. Alternative form of 滋 (zī, “to propagate”)

Compounds

Etymology 2

Probably a Kra-Dai substrate word, most likely from a Northern Tai language (Li, 1990). Compare Bouyei legwal (“twins”), Thai ฝาแฝด (fǎa, “twins”).

Pronunciation

Definitions

孖 (Cantonese)

1. twin

   孖女 [Cantonese]  ―  maa¹ neoi^5-2   ―  twin girls

2. conjoined
3. Classifier for a pair of linked objects. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier

   一孖臘腸／一孖腊肠 [Cantonese]  ―  jat¹ maa¹ laap⁶ coeng^4-2   ―  a pair of Chinese sausages

4. paired up; made into a pair
5. (Singapore) double portion (food)

   孖麵／孖面 [Cantonese]  ―  maa¹ min⁶   ―  double portion of noodles

Compounds

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), C02433
• “孖”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. twins

Readings

• Go-on: し (shi); じ (ji)
• Kan-on: し (shi)
• Kun: ふたご (futago, 孖)

Korean

Hanja

孖 (eum 자 (ja))

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