The kanji 双: meaning, readings and stroke order
双
- Meaning
- pair, twin
- On reading
- ソウ sou
- Kun reading
- ふた futa
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 又 right hand
- Level
- Level 8 · the last years of junior high
- Old form
- 雙
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- đôi, cặp (song)
- Japanese
- ふたつで ひとくみ。
- Korean
- 쌍, 둘 (쌍)
- Chinese
- 双、一对
Readings, words and example sentences
ソウ sou · on reading · less common
双方
both sides
双方の 話を 聞きます。
I listen to both sides.
ふた futa · kun reading
双子
twins
となりの 家は 双子の 兄弟です。
The boys next door are twin brothers.
Practise writing 双 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 双 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 8 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
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.