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Kanji Detail for 双 - "pair, twin, both"

双

  • Meaning

    双 means "pair, twin, both."

    1. Pair - Two things that go together.

    2. Both - The two together; each of two.

    3. Twin - Two identical or matching items.

    4. Match - To be equal; to compare.

  • Words using 双

    • 双方 そうほう Listen both parties; both sides
    • 双子 ふたご Listen twins; twin
    • 双葉 ふたば Listen seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud

  • Four-character idioms with 双

    • 古今無双 ここんむそう Listen unparalleled in history
    • 国士無双 こくしむそう Listen distinguished person; thirteen orphans
    • 天下無双 てんかむそう Listen peerless; unequaled; unequalled
    • 当代無双 とうだいむそう Listen being unsurpassed (unparalleled) at present
    • 忠勇無双 ちゅうゆうむそう Listen of peerless loyalty and bravery
    • 沙羅双樹 さらそうじゅ Listen sal (tree) (Shorea robusta); saul; Japanese stewartia (Stewartia pseudocamellia)

  • Tattoo check: 双

    • Verified meaning: pair, twin, both
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read そう)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 双

    Given names 双(そう)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    pair; set; comparison; counter for pairs

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    set of two, pair, couple; both

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 雙|双[shuang1]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    pair, couple; both; measure word for things that come in pairs

  • Onyomi

    tip

    soh(ソウ) ソウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    futa(ふた) ふた

    futatsu(ふた-つ) ふた-つ

    nara.bu(なら-ぶ) なら-ぶ

    tagui(たぐい) たぐい

  • Strokes

    tip

    4 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    又 (mata)

  • Related Keywords

    pair both twin counter equivalent match double couple dual duplicate tandem together twofold

Sentences including 双

  • She is a twin.

  • The twins looked after the baby.

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