双

双

See also: 雙

双 U+53CC, 双 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53CC ← 友 [U+53CB] CJK Unified Ideographs 反 → [U+53CD]

🈒 U+1F212, 🈒 SQUARED CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53CC ← 🈑 [U+1F211] Enclosed Ideographic Supplement 🈓 → [U+1F213]

Translingual

Stroke order

Japanese	双
Simplified	双
Traditional	雙

Han character

双 (Kangxi radical 29, 又+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 水水 (EE) or X水水 (XEE), four-corner 7744₀, composition ⿰又又)

Derived characters

• 𪥫, 𫹷, 㧐, 𨑱, 𧉐, 叒, 𣏪, 叕, 𫁷, 聂, 𠓰, 𨥖, 𨋌, 轰, 𫡱, 𡛒, 𭩞, 𤘩, 𠬺, 𫨹, 𠭎, 𫌵, 𫩅, 𩐂, 𩢂, 𩿏, 𠮆, 𦉳, 𡇄, 𨳦, 𨨭, 𭃲, ⿱⿻丅⿱冖⿰丶丶双

Related characters

• 雙 (Orthodox traditional form)

References

• KangXi: page 165, character 17
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3125
• Dae Jaweon: page 375, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 393, character 9
• Unihan data for U+53CC

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Duplication of 又.

Simplified from 䨇 (elimination of 雔), which is also a variant form of 雙.

The earliest known record can be found in Ming dynasty 《俗書刊誤》.

The character 双 bears superficial similarity to the early form of 友 (yǒu). However, the former is not a direct descendant of the latter.

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 双 – see 雙 (“two; double; twin; even; etc.”). (This character, 双, is the simplified and variant form of 雙.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04463-004

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Japanese

Shinjitai	双
Kyūjitai	雙

Glyph origin

Listed in the 1946 tōyō kanji as a shinjitai of 雙. Based on an unorthodox variant of 雙 that can be traced back to the Ming dynasty in China.

Kanji

双

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 雙)

Readings

• Go-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)^{←そう (sou, historical)}
• Kan-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)^{←さう (sau, historical)}
• Kun: ふた (futa, 双, Jōyō); ふたつ (futatsu, 双つ); たぐい (tagui, 双); ならぶ (narabu, 双ぶ)
• Nanori: なみ (nami); ふ (fu); もろ (moro)

Compounds

• 双(すご)六(ろく) (sugoroku, “a child's dice game”)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
双
ふた Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
雙 (kyūjitai)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• IPA^(key): [ɸɯ̟ᵝta̠]

Noun

双(ふた) • (futa) 

1. set of two, pair

Derived terms

• 双(ふた)子(ご) (futago, “twins, a twin”)
• 双(ふた)葉(ば) (futaba, “bud, sprout”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
双
そう Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
雙 (kyūjitai)

Compare Middle Chinese 雙 (MC ʃˠʌŋ).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• IPA^(key): [so̞ː]

Adjective

双(そう) • (sō) 

1. pair; double

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 双(そう)眼(がん) (sōgan, “binocular”)
• 双(そう)肩(けん) (sōken, “shoulders”)
• 双(そう)子(し)葉(よう)植(しょく)物(ぶつ) (sōshiyō shokubutsu, “dicotyledon”)
• 双(そう)生(せい) (sōsei, “twinning”)
• 双(そう)清(せい) (sōsei, “paintings of daffodils and ume flowers”)
• 双(そう)星(せい) (sōsei, “twin stars”)
• 双(そう)頭(とう) (sōtō, “double-headed”)
• 双(そう)璧(へき) (sōheki, “pair of bright jewels”)
• 双(そう)方(ほう) (sōhō, “two way, both parties”)
• 一(いっ)双(そう) (issō, “pair”)

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Korean

Hanja

双 (eum 쌍 (ssang))

1. Alternative form of 雙 (雙)

References

• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo).

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Vietnamese

Han character

双: Hán Việt readings: song[1][2][3]
双: Nôm readings: song[1][2][3], xong[1][2], rông[3], rong[3]

1. Alternative form of 雙

References

1. Nguyễn (2014).
2. Nguyễn et al. (2009).
3. Trần (2004).

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Zhuang

Numeral

双

1. Sawndip form of song