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両 kanji
both, old Japanese coin, counter for carriages (e.g., in a train), two
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
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On readings
リョウ
Kun readings
てるふたつ
Variant forms
两兩Words with 両
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N5両親Popularparents; both parents
- N4両方Popularboth; both sides; both parties
- N3両替Popularchange; money exchange
- N2両側Popularboth sides
- N1両立Popularcompatibility; coexistence; standing together
- N1両極both extremities; North and South Poles; positive and negative poles
- —両Popularboth (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; traditional unit of weight (for gold, silver and drugs), 4-5 monme, 15-19 g; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold; ryō; traditional measure of fabric, 2 tan; ryō; tael; unit of weight under the ritsuryō system, 1/16 kin, 42-43 g; counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
- —一両Popularone vehicle; one ryō (an old coin)
- —車両Popular(wheeled) vehicle; car; (railroad) car; (railway) carriage; rolling stock
- —十両Popularsecond highest division; wrestlers of the second highest division
- —両院Popularboth houses of parliament; both upper and lower house
- —両岸Popularboth banks (of a river)
- —両眼Popularboth eyes
- —両軍Popularboth armies; both teams; both sides
- —両国Popularboth countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
- —両氏Popularboth persons
- —両者Popularpair; the two; both persons; both things
- —両手Popularboth hands; both arms; ten
- —両党Popularboth (political) parties
- —両日Popularboth days; two days