Chinese

倆

/li̯ä²¹⁴/
functioning as 兩 (“two”) + an implied classifier: two; pair; couple; both
  • Phono-semantic compound 形聲
  • HSK 4
  • TOCFL 6
  • radical 人
  • 10 strokes

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Origin

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *raŋʔ): semantic 亻 + phonetic 兩 (OC *raŋʔ, *raŋs).

Contraction of 兩個 (liǎngge, “two + classifier”).

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Lineage

  • meaningChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
  • soundChinese兩 “two”
    • ideaChinese一 “one”
    • ideaChinese㒳

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