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双

pair
Stroke count: 4

Readings

On readingソウ
Kun readingふた、たぐい、ならぶ、ふたつ
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Meanings

  1. pairRtK
    彼は双方の候補者から票を奪った。He attracted votes away from both candidates.tatoeba
    彼は双眼鏡で競馬を見た。He watched the horse racing through his binoculars.tatoeba
  2. set
  3. comparison
  4. counter for pairs

Homonyms

ⓘ
Same reading (そう)
僧 · monk想 · conception総 · whole沿う · to run along添う · to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.)

Radicals and components

Radical又again
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

crotch

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 753

Compound words

双子ふたご
twins; twin
娑羅双樹さらそうじゅ
sal (tree) (Shorea robusta)
双方そうほう
both parties; both sides
双葉ふたば
seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud; sprout; early stages
双眼鏡そうがんきょう
binoculars; field glasses
双生児そうせいじ
twins
一双いっそう
pair (esp. of folding screens)
双眼そうがん
both eyes
双紙そうし
written work (esp. a bound text, as opposed to a scroll)
双刃もろは
double-edged (e.g. sword blade)
双蹄そうてい
cloven foot
双目ざらめ
granulated sugar
双璧そうへき
(two) matchless things
双眸そうぼう
one's eyes
双暗車そうあんしゃ
twin propellers
双殻類そうかくるい
bivalves
双節棍ぬんちゃく
nunchaku (two linked fighting sticks)
双蹄獸そうていじゅう
cloven-hoofed animal
双胴機そうどうき
twin-boom aircraft
双翅類そうしるい
dipterans
怪力無双かいりきむそう
(a person of) unrivaled physical strength
自己双対じこそうつい
self dual
双峰駱駝そうほうらくだ
two-humped camel
双務契約そうむけいやく
bilateral agreement

Additional Examples

彼は私の事を双子の兄と間違えた。
He took me for my twin brother.tatoeba
彼はその双子の違いを何ら気づく事が出来なかった。
He could not perceive any difference between the twins.tatoeba

Stroke Order

4 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 双

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