兩

兩 (radical 11, 入+6, 8 strokes, cangjie input 一中月人 (MLBO), four-corner 1022₇, composition ⿻帀𠓜)

• 倆, 啢, 掚, 緉, 脼, 蜽, 裲, 輛, 魎, 㔝, 䓣, 䠃, 䩫, 𣍷, 𣓈, 𣼣, 𥇑, 𨨄, 𩗾, 𦑅, 𠬙, 𢎏, 𥮩, 𧶪, 𩀝, 𩭫, 𩳮

• KangXi: page 126, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1436
• Dae Jaweon: page 272, character 11
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 24, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5169
• Unihan data for U+F978

Historical forms of the character 兩
Bronze inscriptions b11978 b11979 b11980 b11981 b11982 b11983 b11984 b11985 b11986 b11987 b11988 b11989 b11990 b11991 b11992 Small seal script s05489 Transcribed ancient scripts L35075 L35076
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 一 + 㒳.

Unknown. Schuessler (2007) proposes two possible etymologies:

• Borrowing from Kra-Dai; compare Proto-Tai *rawᴬ (“we”) > Thai เรา (rao, “we”), Zhuang raeuz (“we (inclusive)”); Proto-Kam-Sui *hra¹ (“two”) > Southern Kam yac (“two”), Sui xgaz (“two”).
• Cognate with Tibetan སྲང (srang, “balance; scale; weight; unit of weight”).

Derivative: 輛 (OC *raŋs, “chariot”) (literally “that which is paired”, i.e. “a set of wheels”).

兩

1. two
   • 兩隻熱氣球 / 两只热气球  ―  liǎng zhī rèqìqiú  ―  two hot air ballons
2. some; few

   • 你們這兩天真夠辛苦的。 [MSC, trad.]
     你们这两天真够辛苦的。 [MSC, simp.]

     Nǐmen zhè liǎng tiān zhēn gòu xīnkǔ de. [Pinyin]

     You've really been working hard the past few days.

3. A surname​.

• 二 (èr, “two”)

兩

1. tael (a traditional unit of weight)
   1. (Mainland China) Short for 市兩／市两 (“market tael, equal to 1/10 of a catty or 50 grams”).
   2. (Hong Kong) equal to 1/16 of a catty or 37.7994 grams
   3. (Taiwan) Short for 臺兩／台两 (“Taiwanese tael, equal to 1/16 of a catty or 37.5 grams”).
2. Short for 公兩／公两 (“hectogram”).

兩

1. Original form of 輛／辆 (liàng).

   • 之子于歸，百兩御之。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     之子于归，百两御之。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zhīzǐ yúguī, bǎi liàng yù zhī. [Pinyin]

     This young lady is going to her future home;
     A hundred carriages are meeting her.

• “Entry #3599”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 両)

1. both

• Go-on: りょう (ryō)^{←りやう (ryau, historical)}
• Kan-on: りょう (ryō)^{←りやう (ryau, historical)}
• Tō-on: りゃん (ryan)
• Kun: ころ (koro, 兩); ふたつ (futatsu, 兩つ); もろ (moro, 兩)

• 两 (also kyūjitai)

兩 • (ryang>nyang) (hangeul 량>냥)

1. a small unit of weight equivalent to about 40 g

兩 (lưỡng, lạng)

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