双 — pair, set, comparison

そう双 pair

Grade S Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 4 strokes

U+53CC Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1029 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #753 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

pair
set
comparison
counter for pairs

word

そう sou On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

双(そう) sou pair 双(そう) 方(ほう) souhou both sides 双(そう) 方(ほう) 向(こう) souhoukou bidirectional

ふた futa Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

双(ふた) 子(ご) futago twins

Appears in idioms

国士無双四字熟語

country, samurai, nothingness, pair

天下無双四字熟語

heaven, below, nothingness, pair

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

また又 or, again #29

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#29 又 again