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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N3

247 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: both, old Japanese coin, counter for carriages (e.g., in a train), two

Kunyomi: てる, ふたつ

Onyomi: リョウ

Composition: 一 冂 山

両

Radical

Radical: 一

Reading: いち

Meaning: one

Strokes: 1

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Examples

Examples with audio

両親(りょうしん)   parents

両側(りょうがわ)   both sides

両手(りょうて)   both hands

車両(しゃりょう)   vehicle

両替えする(りょうがえする)   change (money)

Onyomi Examples

両 (リョウ) both (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.

両足 (リョウソク) both feet, both legs

一両 (イチリョウ) one vehicle, one ryō (an old coin)

十両 (ジュウリョウ) second highest division, wrestlers of the second highest division

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