Chinese Character Wiki
两

liǎng

two

Simplified form of 兩. Combination of two 丙 characters. 丙 also represents the sound.

Components
丙 sound component

丙  Sound component

bǐng

  

third

丙 sound component

丙  Sound component

bǐng

  

third

Evolution

两 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
两 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
两 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
两 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
两 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

两 (兩) 

liǎng

two, both, pair, couple; ounce; two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jīn] (old)

Most common words with 两
Freq.
Word
Meaning

两

two

两国

both countries

两岸

bilateral

两者

both sides

两边

either side

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (1 verified)

俩

Sound component in 4 characters (3 verified)

辆 俩 𬜯 魉

Unknown component in 3 characters (0 verified)

瞒 蹒 螨

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*p.raŋʔ

ljangX

liǎng

a pair


Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 96.2838% of movies

206th most common character in movies

133rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Traditional

兩

Unicode

U+4E24


This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Creative Commons License