雙

See also: 隻 and 双
雙 U+96D9, 雙
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-96D9
← 雘
[U+96D8]
CJK Unified Ideographs 雚 →
[U+96DA]

Translingual

Japanese 双
Simplified 双
Traditional 雙

Han character

雙 (Kangxi radical 172, 隹+10, 18 strokes, cangjie input 人土水 (OGE), four-corner 20407, composition ⿰雔又)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1368, character 34
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 42116
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1873, character 20
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4104, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+96D9

Chinese

trad. 雙
simp. 双
alternative forms
 
㕠
䨇
䨥
𩀝
𩆿
㕠
䨇
䨥
𩀝
𩆿
𩀱

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 雙
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Ideogrammic compound (會意/会意) : 雔 (“two birds”) + 又 (“hand”) – Represents two birds (隹) in someone's right hand (又).

Etymology

Several etymologies have been posited:

  • From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dzum ~ tsum (“pair”), whence Jingpho zum (“to be in pairs”), Burmese စုံ (cum, “pair”), but this comparison may be problematic given the mismatch in the final nasal (STEDT).
  • Related to Tibetan ཟུང (zung, “pair; couple”), Mru [script needed] (choŋ, “pair”) (Coblin, 1986; Löffler, 1966; Schuessler, 2007), but this would require assuming the Proto-Sino-Tibetan word to be *C-zuŋ (Schuessler, 2007). Jacques (2015b) rules out the possibility of comparing with the Tibetan word because Tibetan z- comes from *dz.
  • Doublet of 孿 (OC *smroːns, *smrons, “twin”) (Baxter, 1992), but this has been related to Jingpho marun (“to have twins”) (from run (“to be in pairs”)), which would point to yet another Proto-Sino-Tibetan root *run (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation


Note: shuàng - variant used in words meaning “twin” (e.g. 雙棒兒, 雙生兒).
Note: sung1 - variant only for “a pair (of chopsticks)”.
Note:
  • siang/sang - vernacular;
  • song - literary.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 雙
Mandarin Beijing /ʂuɑŋ⁵⁵/
Harbin /ʂuaŋ⁴⁴/ ~手
/ʂuaŋ⁵³/ 一對~兒
Tianjin /suɑŋ²¹/
Jinan /ʂuaŋ²¹³/
Qingdao /ʂuaŋ²¹³/
Zhengzhou /ʂuaŋ²⁴/
Xi'an /faŋ²¹/
Xining /fɔ̃⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /ʂuɑŋ⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /fɑ̃³¹/
Ürümqi /ʂuɑŋ⁴⁴/
/fɑŋ⁴⁴/
Wuhan /suaŋ⁵⁵/
Chengdu /suaŋ⁵⁵/
Guiyang /suaŋ⁵⁵/
Kunming /ʂuã̠⁴⁴/
Nanjing /ʂuaŋ³¹/
Hefei /ʂuɑ̃²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /suɒ̃¹¹/ 成~成對
/t͡sʰuɒ̃⁴⁵/ ~生生
Pingyao /suɑŋ¹³/
/t͡sʰuə³⁵/ ~生生
Hohhot /suɑ̃³¹/
Wu Shanghai /sɑ̃⁵³/
Suzhou /sɑ̃⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /sz̩ʷɑŋ³³/
Wenzhou /ɕyɔ³³/
Hui Shexian /so³¹/
Tunxi /sau¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /ɕyan³³/
Xiangtan /sɔn³³/
Gan Nanchang /sɔŋ⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /suŋ⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /suŋ²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /sœŋ⁵³/
Nanning /sœŋ⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /sœŋ⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /sɔŋ⁵⁵/
/siaŋ⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /souŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /sɔŋ⁵⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /saŋ³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /tiaŋ²³/

Rime
Character 雙
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 生 (21)
Final (韻) 江 (9)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) II
Fanqie 所江切
Baxter sraewng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ʃˠʌŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/ʃᵚɔŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/ʃɔŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ʂaɨwŋ/
Li
Rong
/ʃɔŋ/
Wang
Li
/ʃɔŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʂɔŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
shuāng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
song1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 雙
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
shuāng
Middle
Chinese
‹ sræwng ›
Old
Chinese
/*[s]roŋ/
English a pair

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 雙
Reading # 1/1
No. 11932
Phonetic
component
雙
Rime
group
東
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
雙
Old
Chinese
/*sroːŋ/

Definitions

雙

  1. (attributive) two; double; twin
    Antonym: 單/单
    雙手/双手  ―  shuāngshǒu  ―  both hands
    雙面/双面  ―  shuāngmiàn  ―  double-sided, two-faced
    雙向/双向  ―  shuāngxiàng  ―  bidirectional; two-way
  2. (attributive, of an integer) even (divisible by two)
  3. (attributive) double; two-fold; twice
  4. (dialectal) twins
  5. Classifier for a pair of objects. ⇒ all nouns using this classifier
    Antonym: 隻/只 (zhī)
    一雙鞋/一双鞋  ―  yī shuāng xié  ―  a pair of shoes
    一雙筷子/一双筷子 [Cantonese]  ―  jat1 soeng1 (or sung1) faai3 zi2 [Jyutping]  ―  a pair of chopsticks
  6. a rare surname: Shuang

Synonyms

  • (twins):
  • (pair):

Compounds

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (雙):
  • → Japanese: 双(そう) (sō)
  • → Korean: 쌍(雙) (ssang)
  • → Vietnamese: song (雙)

Others:

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

双

Kyūjitai

雙

Kanji

雙

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 双)

  1. pair; set

Readings

Korean

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 雙 (MC sraewng). Has unusual tensing, the only other such readings being 氏 (ssi) and 喫 (kkik).

Pronunciation

Hanja

Wikisource 雙 (eumhun 쌍 쌍 (ssang ssang))

  1. Hanja form? of 쌍 (“pair”).

Vietnamese

Han character

雙: Hán Nôm readings: song, rông, suông

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Zhuang

Numeral

雙

  1. Sawndip form of song
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