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Information about character(s)

Radical: 入
Radical Strokes: 2
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 8
Simplified Form: 两
Variants: 両两

Pronunciation

Pinyin: liǎng, liàng
Cantonese: loeng5
JapaneseKun: FUTATSU
JapaneseOn: RYOU
Korean: LYANG
Vietnamese: lưỡng

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: two, both, pair, couple; ounce

CE-Dict: two/both/some/a few/tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)

Soothill: Two, a couple, both; an ounce, or tael.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.(used in enumerating with restrictions) two
2.both
3.a unit of weight equal to 50 grams

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: a few; both; tael; twain; two
【醫】 amb-; ambi-; ambo-; amphi-; bi-; di-; diplo-
【經】 tael

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: liang; tael; twain

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《㒳部》兩二十四銖為一兩。从一；㒳，平分，亦聲。

康熙字典文字版 【子集下】【入字部】兩
〔古文〕㒳【唐韻】【正韻】良獎切【集韻】【韻會】里養切，𠀤良上聲。【說文】再也。【易·繫辭】兼三才而兩之。又【玉篇】匹耦也。【周禮·天官·大宰之職】以九兩繫邦國之民。【註】兩猶耦也，所以協耦萬民，聯繫不散，有九事也。又【韻會】匹也。【左傳·閔二年】重錦三十兩。【註】三十匹也。又車數曰兩。【後漢·吳祐傳】載之兼兩。【註】車有兩輪，故稱兩。又【玉篇】二十四銖爲兩。又【雞林類事】四十曰麻兩。又【史記·平準書】更鑄四銖錢，其文爲半兩。又【南史·齊和帝紀】百姓及朝士皆以方帛塡胸，名曰假兩。又【唐韻】【集韻】【韻會】力讓切【正韻】力仗切，𠀤良去聲【詩·召南】百兩御之。

Buddhism words and phrases two

CF-Dict: deux/once, taël

Han-De-Dict: zwei/Unze (S)/Tael ( alte chinesische Geldeinheit ) (Zähl, Wirtsch)

Finnish: pari; kummatkin, kumpi tahansa; muutama; tael (37g); unssi; 44 jalkan mitta; 25 sotilaam ryhmä