孖

孖 · mā / zī

twins

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Meanings & readings

Meaning & readings

Mandarin
mā · zī
Cantonese
zi1
Definition source
Unihan kDefinition

twins

Dictionary definitions & readings

孖 zī · twins

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Readings & dictionary references

HDZ · Mandarin readings and locators
21011.010:zī,mā Source property ↗
XHC 1983 · Mandarin readings and locators
0753.100:mā Source property ↗
TGHZ 2013 · Mandarin readings and locators
490.160:zī Source property ↗
SMSZD 2003 · Mandarin and Cantonese
zī粵zi1 mā粵maa1 Source property ↗
Japanese · kana
シ ジ Source property ↗
Korean · Hangul
자:1N Source property ↗
Fanqie pairs
子之 疾置 Source property ↗
Cangjie input code
NDND Source property ↗
Four-corner lookup codes
1744.7 Source property ↗
Kangxi · dictionary positions
0277.170 Source property ↗
Song Ben Guang Yun · dictionary positions
063.20 357.18 Source property ↗

Form & structure

Writing & identity

Unicode
U+5B56
Radical
子 · 39
Strokes
6
Residual strokes
3
Standard list
通用规范汉字表 · level 3 · #6552

Source record, not an individually reviewed etymological dossier.

Words & connections

Dictionary & examples

History & distinctions

Related forms

No simplified/traditional variant assertion retained.

Historical readings

Middle Chinese
tsi · 子之 · 止開三平之精 · #206
Middle Chinese
dziH · 疾置 · 止開三去之從 · #2259

PHONO-ML, source line 1755; CC BY 4.0. Source-generated reading categories, not modern pronunciation. Attribution & limitations.

Sources & reference

Evidence

Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3 · Official-list coverage

Exact Unihan properties
kCheungBauerIndex
398.11 399.01 399.02
kCihaiT
398.102
kCowles
2552
kDaeJaweon
0545.060
kHanYu
21011.010
kIRGDaeJaweon
0545.060
kIRGHanyuDaZidian
21011.010
kIRGKangXi
0277.170
kKangXi
0277.170
kLau
2034
kMatthews
6941
kMeyerWempe
1725
kMorohashi
06941
kSBGY
063.20 357.18
kSMSZD2003Index
163.05
kCangjie
NDND
kCheungBauer
039/03;NDND;maa1
kFourCornerCode
1744.7
kMojiJoho
MJ010056
kPhonetic
134 861
kUnihanCore2020
GHMT
kIICore
BHM
kIRG_GSource
G3-3D6E
kIRG_HSource
HB2-C9D3
kIRG_JSource
J13-4F56
kIRG_KPSource
KP1-3E1D
kIRG_KSource
K1-6A71
kIRG_TSource
T2-2233
kRSUnicode
39.3
kTotalStrokes
6
kBigFive
C9D3
kCCCII
217D7C
kCNS1986
2-2233
kCNS1992
2-2233
kEACC
217D7C
kGB3
2978
kGB8
9131
kIBMJapan
FAA6
kJIS0213
1,47,54
kJis1
2630
kKoreanName
2015
kMainlandTelegraph
8311
kTGH
2013:6552
kTaiwanTelegraph
1315
kXerox
311:047
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6
C+8432+39.3.3
kCantonese
zi1
kDefinition
twins
kFanqie
子之 疾置
kHangul
자:1N
kHanyuPinyin
21011.010:zī,mā
kJapanese
シ ジ
kJapaneseKun
HUTAGO
kJapaneseOn
SHI JI
kKorean
CA
kMandarin
mā
kSMSZD2003Readings
zī粵zi1 mā粵maa1
kTGHZ2013
490.160:zī
kXHC1983
0753.100:mā

Sentences in context

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Structure & connections

0.10
1dictionary records using 孖0forms using this shape0attributed sound links
⿰ Left / right

Shape description
子 beside 子 · the shape used in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, North Korea
Source notation ^⿰子子$(GHTJKP)
BabelStone · 2025-06-27. Encoded shape and region tags; graphical analysis does not establish historical function.

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Retained descriptions & scope

^⿰子子$(GHTJKP)

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