The kanji 両: meaning, readings and stroke order

両

Meaning: both
On reading: リョウ ryou
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 6
Radical: 一 one
Level: Level 3 · grade 3
Old form: 兩

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: cả hai (lưỡng)
Japanese: ふたつとも。りょうほう。
Korean: 양쪽, 둘 다 (량·양)
Chinese: 两、双方 (两)

Readings, words and example sentences

リョウ ryou · on reading

両りょう手て
both hands
両りょう手てで重いはこを持ちます。
I hold the heavy box with both hands.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.