# 双

| 双 | U+53CC, &#21452; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53CC |
| ← 友 [U+53CB] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 反 → [U+53CD] |
| 🈒 | U+1F212, &#127506; SQUARED CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-53CC |
| ← 🈑 [U+1F211] | Enclosed Ideographic Supplement | 🈓 → [U+1F213] |

## Translingual

| Japanese | 双 |
| Simplified | 双 |
| Traditional | 雙 |

### Han character

双 (Kangxi radical 29, 又+2, 4 strokes, cangjie input 水水 (EE) or 難水水 (XEE), four-corner 7744$_0$, composition ⿰又又)

#### Derived characters

* 𰁪, 𪥫, 𫹷, 㧐, 𨑱, 𧉐, 叒, 𣏪, 叕, 𫁷, 聂, 𠓰, 𨥖, 𨋌, 轰, 𫡱, 𡛒, 𭩞, 𤘩, 𠬺, 𫨹, 𠭎, 𫌵, 𫩅, 𩐂, 𩢂, 𩿏, 𠮆, 𦉳, 𡇄, 𨳦, 𨨭, 𭃲, ⿱⿻丅⿱冖⿰丶丶双

#### Related characters

* 雙 (Orthodox traditional form)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 165, character 17
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3125
* Dae Jaweon: page 375, character 2
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 393, character 9
* Unihan data for U+53CC

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Duplication of 又.
Simplified from 䨇 (elimination of 雔), which is also a variant form of 雙.
The earliest known record can be found in Ming dynasty 《俗書刊誤》.
The character 双 bears superficial similarity to the early form of 友 (yǒu). However, the former is not a direct descendant of the latter.

### Definitions

* For pronunciation and definitions of 双 – see 雙 (“two; double; twin; even; etc.”). (This character is the simplified and variant form of 雙).
* Notes:Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore.Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

### Compounds

* 又双叒叕

### References

* Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A04463-004

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 双 |
| Kyūjitai | 雙 |

### Glyph origin

Listed in the 1946 tōyō kanji as a shinjitai of 雙. Based on an unorthodox variant of 雙 that can be traced back to the Ming dynasty in China.

### Kanji

(Jōyō kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 雙)

#### Readings

* Go-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: そう (sō, Jōyō)
* Kun: ふた (futa, 双, Jōyō)、ふたつ (futatsu, 双つ)、たぐい (tagui, 双)、ならぶ (narabu, 双ぶ)
* Nanori: なみ (nami)、ふ (fu)、もろ (moro)

#### Compounds

* 双(すご)六(ろく) (sugoroku, “a child's dice game”)

### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 双
* ふた Grade: S
* kun'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 雙 (kyūjitai)
Originally /huta/: *[puta] > [ɸuta]. See full etymology at 二.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɸɯ̟ta̠]

#### Noun

双(ふた) • (futa)
* set of two, pair

##### Derived terms

* 双(ふた)子(ご) (futago, “twins, a twin”)
* 双(ふた)葉(ば) (futaba, “bud, sprout”)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 双
* そう Grade: S
* on'yomi
* Alternative spelling
* 雙 (kyūjitai)
Compare Middle Chinese 雙 (MC sraewng).

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) そー [sóꜜò] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [so̞ː]

#### Adjective

双(そう) • (sō)
* pair; double

##### Derived terms

* 双(そう)眼(がん) (sōgan, “binocular”)
* 双(そう)肩(けん) (sōken, “shoulders”)
* 双(そう)子(し)葉(よう)植(しょく)物(ぶつ) (sōshiyō shokubutsu, “dicotyledon”)
* 双(そう)生(せい) (sōsei, “twinning”)
* 双(そう)生(せい)児(じ) (sōseiji, “twins”)
* 双(そう)清(せい) (sōsei, “paintings of daffodils and ume flowers”)
* 双(そう)星(せい) (sōsei, “twin stars”)
* 双(そう)頭(とう) (sōtō, “double-headed”)
* 双(そう)璧(へき) (sōheki, “pair of bright jewels”)
* 双(そう)方(ほう) (sōhō, “two way, both parties”)
* 一(いっ)双(そう) (issō, “pair”)

#### Counter

双(そう) • (-sō)
* counter for pairs

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

双 (eum 쌍 (ssang))
* Alternative form of 雙

### References

* Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo).

## Vietnamese
### Han character

双: Hán Việt readings: song
双: Nôm readings: song, xong, rông, rong
* Alternative form of 雙

### References

* 1 2 3 Nguyễn (2014).
* 1 2 3 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
* 1 2 3 4 Trần (2004).

## Zhuang
### Numeral

双
* Sawndip form of song