兩 · liǎng
two, both, pair, couple; ounce
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
two, both, pair, couple; ounce
- Mandarin
- liǎng
- Cantonese
- loeng5
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 兩 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.
Japanese 日本語
Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.
On’yomi · katakana
Kun’yomi · hiragana
Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.
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Korean 한국어
Hanja readings · Hangul
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
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Reading sources explained
- 량
- KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
- 양
- KS X 1001 (0)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Character readings · Quốc ngữ
Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.
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Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+5169
- Radical
- 入 · 11
- Strokes
- 8 · Unihan
- Residual
- 6
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
8 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
How to read these symbols
⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.
BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.
Words & connections
Words using 兩
Character connections
No reverse component match in this collection.
History & distinctions
Related forms
Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- ljangX · 良㢡 反切 · #1803
- Middle Chinese
- ljangH · 力讓 反切 · #2892
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 11585 · ljangX = 宕開三上陽來 · ljangH = 宕開三去陽來
Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- liǎng
- kCantonese
- loeng5
- kDefinition
- two, both, pair, couple; ounce
- kTotalStrokes
- 8
- kRSUnicode
- 11.6
- kSimplifiedVariant
- U+4E24
- kGradeLevel
- 1
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- liǎng,liàng 10024.020
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- liǎng 0707.061
- Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
- liǎng(3229)
- Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
- liǎng粵loeng5 liǎng粵loeng2
Reference desk
- Fanqie spellings
- 良㢡 力讓
- Kangxi positions
- 0126.130
- Guangyun positions
- 310.37 424.45
- GSR references
- 0736a
- Cangjie
- MLBO
- Four-corner
- 1022.7