Jisho

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6 strokes
Radical:
one
Parts:
Variants:
both, old Japanese coin, counter for carriages (e.g., in a train), two
Kun:
てるふたつ
On:
リョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N3
247 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 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

Readings

Japanese names:
もろ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
liang3
Korean:
ryang

Spanish

  • ambos
  • contador de vehículos

Portuguese

  • ambos
  • moeda Japonesa antiga
  • nº de veículos
  • dois

French

  • les deux
  • 2
  • ryou (ancienne monnaie)
  • compteur de wagons
336 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
434 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
411 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
281 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
34 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
859 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
286 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
531 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
200 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
200 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
556 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
15 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4331 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2191 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2949 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1176 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
46 Morohashi
3518 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
23 New Nelson (John Haig)
1168 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1252 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
288 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
275 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3153 2001 Kanji
0a6.11 The Kanji Dictionary
4-6-1 SKIP code
1022.7 Four corner code
1-46-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4e21 Unicode hex code

12 strokes
Radical:
meat 肉 (⺼)
Parts:
arm, ability, talent
Kun:
うで
On:
ワン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1163 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 腕力 【ワンリョク】 physical strength, brute strength, arm strength
  • 腕白 【ワンパク】 naughty, mischievous, unruly
  • 鉄腕 【テツワン】 strong arm
  • 怪腕 【カイワン】 remarkable ability, amazing ability

Kun reading compounds

  • 腕 【うで】 arm, skill, efforts, ability
  • 腕時計 【うでどけい】 wristwatch, watch
  • 細腕 【ほそうで】 thin arm, slender arm, slender means, meager ability to earn a living
  • 太い腕 【ふというで】 big arm, brawny arm

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wan4
Korean:
wan

Spanish

  • brazo
  • habilidad
  • talento

Portuguese

  • braço
  • capacidade
  • talento

French

  • bras
  • aptitude
  • talent
1945 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1114 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3786 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1180 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
850 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1299 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1376 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1342 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1038 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1269 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
687 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
919 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1430 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
29631 Morohashi
1006 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4837 New Nelson (John Haig)
1418 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1522 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1550 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3956 2001 Kanji
4b8.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-8 SKIP code
7321.2 Four corner code
1-47-51 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8155 Unicode hex code