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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: 又

双

Radical

Radical: 又

Reading: また

Meaning: right hand

Strokes: 2

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Examples

Examples with audio

双方(そうほう)   both parties, bilateral

双肩(そうけん)   shoulders

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

双生児(そうせいじ)   twins

双子(ふたご)   twins, a twin

双葉(ふたば)   seed leaf, cotyledon

Onyomi Examples

双 (ソウ) pair

双子 (フタゴ) twins, twin

一双 (イッソウ) pair (esp. of folding screens)

八双 (ハッソウ) style of sword fighting

Kunyomi Examples

二つ (ふたつ) two

双子 (ふたご) twins, twin

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

二つ (ふたつ) two

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