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孿

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷

孪

🇨🇳

twins (alt)

HSK 10

Human →Relations →Family

luán

サン、セン、レン

ふたご

Phonosemantic compound. 子 represents the meaning and 䜌 represents the sound.

Components

Traditional (孿)

子 child+ 䜌 tie together =

孿 twins (alt)

子 Meaning component

zi child

offspring, child

䜌 Phonetic component

luán tie together

(ancient form) chaos

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Simplified (孪)

亦 likewise+ 子 child =

孪 twins

亦 Meaning component

yì likewise

also, too

子 Meaning component

zi child

offspring, child

Notes

Historical Evolution

Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

孿

Regular

Modern

Chinese

孪 / 孿 [luán]

twins

Example Sentences

CHINESE WORDS (1)

孪生 [luánshēng] #15,557