雙

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷

双

🇨🇳

pair

HSK 10

Abstract →Numbers

shuāng

ソウ

たぐい、ならぶ、ふたつ、ふた-

쌍

Depicts a pair of birds in the hand.

Components

Traditional (雙)

隹 Short-Tailed Bird+ 隹 Short-Tailed Bird+ 又 again =

雙 pair

隹 Iconic component

zhuī Short-Tailed Bird

bird

隹 Iconic component

zhuī Short-Tailed Bird

bird

又 Iconic component

yòu again

and, also, again, in addition

Depicts a hand.

Simplified (双)

又 again+ 又 again =

双 set of two

又 Iconic component

yòu again

and, also, again, in addition

Depicts a hand.

又 Iconic component

yòu again

and, also, again, in addition

Depicts a hand.

Notes

Historical Evolution

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

双

Regular

Modern

Chinese

双 / 雙 [Shuāng]

surname Shuang

双 / 雙 [shuāng]

two; double; pair; both; even (number)

Japanese

双そう同音

nounn-sufcounter pair

Korean

쌍 [雙]

Noun

pair; A state in which two things or persons become one body.; pair; The unit for counting the number of things in sets of two.; pair; couple; double; A word meaning that a thing is composed of two parts.

Example Sentences

CHINESE WORDS (200)

双方 [shuāngfāng] #4,549

bilateral

双手 [shuāngshǒu] #4,024

both hands

双胞胎 [shuāngbāotāi] #3,968

twin

双重 [shuāngchóng] #5,911

double

双子座 [Shuāngzǐzuò] #29,587

Gemini (constellation and sign of the zodiac)

双鱼座 [Shuāngyúzuò] #4,255

Pisces (constellation and sign of the zodiac)

双人 [shuāngrén] #9,049

two-person

双向 [shuāngxiàng] #16,794

bidirectional

双面 [shuāngmiàn] #10,094

double-sided

双边 [shuāngbiān] #33,239

bilateral

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JAPANESE WORDS (2)

双六 [すごろく] #45,054

race game (board game played with dice in which the object is to reach the end of a track)

盤双六 [ばんすごろく] #199,085

KOREAN WORDS (2)

both hands; open arms