Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

1029 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 4

Meaning: pair, set, comparison, counter for pairs

Kunyomi: ふた たぐい ならぶ ふたつ

Onyomi: ソウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: また

Meaning: right hand

Strokes: 2

Examples

Examples with audio

方(そうほう)   both parties, bilateral

肩(そうけん)   shoulders

眼鏡(そうがんきょう)   binoculars, field glasses

生児(そうせいじ)   twins

子(ふたご)   twins, a twin

葉(ふたば)   seed leaf, cotyledon

Onyomi Examples

ソウ pair

フタゴ twins, twin

イッソウ pair (esp. of folding screens)

ハッソウ style of sword fighting

Kunyomi Examples

ふたば seed leaves (of a dicot), cotyledons, bud, sprout, early stages, very beginning

ふたご twins, twin

並ぶ ならぶ to line up, to stand in a line, to rival, to match, to equal