两(liǎng): two
two
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- liǎng
- Meaning
- two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- Strokes
- 7
- HSK level
- HSK 1
- Traditional
- 兩
Origin & structure
Where 两 comes from and how its parts fit together.
How to write 两 step by step
7 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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Words with 两
Common words using 两 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
(idiom) to make a clean break with; to have nothing more to do with
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