双
twin; pair; set; comparison; counter for pairs
4 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1029.
Readings
- ソウ (on reading): 双方 (そうほう) both parties; 無双 (むそう) peerless
- ふた (kun reading): 双子 (ふたご) twins; 双葉 (ふたば) seed leaves (of a dicot)
- たぐい (kun reading)
- ならぶ (kun reading)
- ふたつ (kun reading)
- Read as a whole word: 双六 (すごろく) race game (board game played with dice in which the object is to reach the end of a track); 絵双六 (えすごろく) sugoroku; 盤双六 (ばんすごろく) ban-sugoroku
Components
Words using 双
- 双方 (そうほう) both parties
- 無双 (むそう) peerless
- 双発 (そうはつ) two-motored
- 一卵性双生児 (いちらんせいそうせいじ) identical twins
- 双方向 (そうほうこう) two-way
- 双子 (ふたご) twins
- 双葉 (ふたば) seed leaves (of a dicot)
- 双子座 (ふたござ) Gemini (constellation)
- 栴檀は双葉より芳し (せんだんはふたばよりかんばし) genius shows from childhood
- 双子語 (ふたごご) twin talk
- 双六 (すごろく) race game (board game played with dice in which the object is to reach the end of a track)
- 絵双六 (えすごろく) sugoroku
- 盤双六 (ばんすごろく) ban-sugoroku
- 双六盤 (すごろくばん) ban-sugoroku board (usu. wooden)
- 双親 (もろおや) both parents
- 双手刈り (もろてがり) morote gari (judo takedown)
- 双乳 (もろち) breasts
139 words in all.