双 — kanji meaning “pair”
双
pair, set, comparison, counter for pairs
- Meanings
- pair, set, comparison, counter for pairs
- On'yomi
- ソウ (sou)
- Kun'yomi
- ふた、たぐい、ならぶ、ふたつ
- Name readings
- ふ
- Strokes
- 4
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 2
- Newspaper frequency
- #1029 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 29
- Chinese reading
- shuāng — Chinese character page
Words with 双
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 双子 | ふたご futago | twins; twin |
| 双方 | そうほう souhou | both parties; both sides |
| 双眼鏡 | そうがんきょう sougankyou | binoculars; field glasses |
| 双葉 | ふたば futaba | seed leaves (of a dicot); cotyledons; bud |
| 双生児 | そうせいじ souseiji | twins |
| 無双 | むそう musou | peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled |
| 双頭 | そうとう soutou | double-headed |
| 双発 | そうはつ souhatsu | two-motored |
| 双方向 | そうほうこう souhoukou | two-way; bidirectional; interactive |
| 双極 | そうきょく soukyoku | having two poles; bipolar |
| 双眼 | そうがん sougan | both eyes; binocular |
| 双璧 | そうへき souheki | (two) matchless things; (two) matchless people |
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