两

See also: 兩 and 両

两 U+4E24, 两 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4E24 ← 丣 [U+4E23] CJK Unified Ideographs 严 → [U+4E25]

Translingual

Stroke order

Traditional	兩
Shinjitai	両
Simplified	两

Han character

两 (Kangxi radical 1, 一+6, 7 strokes, cangjie input 一人人月 (MOOB), four-corner 1022₇, composition ⿱一⿻冂从 or ⿻⿱一从冂 or ⿻从⿱一冂)

Derived characters

• 俩, 唡, 辆, 魉

Additional Derived Characters

• 𪭵, 𮉧, 𮖁, 𲇾, 𮔊, 𪠡, 𬰥, 𫦩, 𬾇, 𬜯, 𤂎

Related characters

• 兩 (Orthodox traditional form)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 78, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 51
• Dae Jaweon: page 157, character 21
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 21, character 2
• Unihan data for U+4E24

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 两 – see 兩 (“two; two; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 兩).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji

两

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. alternative form of 両

Readings

• Go-on: りょう (ryō)^{←りやう (ryau, historical)}
• Kan-on: りょう (ryō)^{←りやう (ryau, historical)}
• Tō-on: りゃん (ryan)