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U+5006, 倆
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5006

CJK Unified Ideographs

Translingual

Han character

(Kangxi radical 9, +8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人一中月 (OMLB), four-corner 21227, composition )

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 107, character 9
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 751
  • Dae Jaweon: page 227, character 19
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 172, character 6
  • Unihan data for U+5006

Chinese

trad.
simp.

Glyph origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *raŋʔ) : semantic + phonetic (OC *raŋʔ, *raŋs).

Etymology 1

Contraction of (liǎngge, “two + classifier”).

Pronunciation


Definitions

  1. (colloquial) functioning as (“two”) + an implied classifier: two; pair; couple; both
      ―  liǎ  ―  two fish
    姐妹姐妹  ―  jiěmèi liǎ  ―  the two sisters
  2. (colloquial, chiefly Mainland China) a few; some
    那麼子兒以為了不起 [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
    那么子儿以为了不起 [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]
    Yǒu nènme liǎ chòu zǐr hái zhēn yǐwéi yǒu duó liǎobùqǐ a?
    They've only got a bit of money and they really think they're somebody?

Usage notes

倆/俩 is not followed by any classifier.

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation



Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 8053
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*raŋʔ/

Definitions

  1. Only used in 伎倆伎俩 (jìliǎng).

Japanese

Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • Go-on: ろう ()
  • Kan-on: りょう (ryō)
  • Kun: たくみ (takumi, )

Compounds

Korean

Hanja

(eum (ryang))

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Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: lưỡng, lạng

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