Chinese Character Wiki
雙

shuāng

set of two

Depicts a pair of birds in the hand.

Components
隹 iconic component

隹  Iconic component

zhuī

  

bird

隹 iconic component

隹  Iconic component

zhuī

  

bird

又 iconic component

又  Iconic component

yòu

  

(hand), again

Depicts a hand.

Evolution

雙 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
雙 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
雙 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

双 (雙) 

shuāng

set of two, pair, couple; both; two; double; pair; even (number)

双 (雙) 

Shuāng

surname Shuang

Most common words with 雙
Freq.
Word
Meaning

双

two

双方

bilateral

双手

both hands

双胞胎

twin

双重

double

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[s]roŋ

sraewng

shuāng

a pair


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 49.2231% of movies

867th most common character in movies

581st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

18

Simplified

双

Unicode

U+96D9

Shuowen

“雙，隹二枚也。从雔，又持之。”


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