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Kanji Detail for 兩 - "two, both, weight, vehicle, currency"
兩
- Meaning
兩 means "two, both, weight, vehicle, currency."
Two - A pair; two things forming a set.
Both - The two together.
Weight - A unit of weight.
Vehicle - A counter for vehicles.
Currency - An old monetary unit.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
old Japanese coin; both; counter for vehicles; two
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
two, both, pair, couple; ounce
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
two, both, pair, couple; ounce
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
A pair; a couple. Like saying "one pair." All that number two are called 兩. Such as 兩方 (both sides), 兩造 (both parties). | A count for vehicles, because vehicles have two wheels. Also read in departing tone. Now commonly written as 輛. Also, one pair of shoes is called 一兩. Also written as 緉. | In the weight system, ten qian equals one liang, sixteen liang equals one jin.
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