U+4E21 "両" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
両
U+4E21 "両" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that serves as a variant form of the character 兩, which means "two" or "both" and is often used in East Asian languages, particularly in traditional Chinese and Japanese contexts. In Japanese, it is known as "ryō" and historically represented a unit of weight, currency, and a counter for certain items, as well as appearing in modern terms like "ryōkin" meaning fee or charge. Its structure combines elements related to number and enclosure, and it is distinct from the simplified Chinese form 两, maintaining a more classical appearance in written texts.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+4E21 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 両 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 両 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE4 0xB8 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x4E21 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00004E21 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u4e21 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII | 333323 |
| kCNS1986 | E-2261 |
| kCNS1992 | 3-2261 |
| kCangjie | MLBU |
| kCantonese | loeng2 |
| kCihaiT | 37.201 |
| kCowles | 2323 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0157.070 |
| kDefinition | two, both, pair, couple; a tael, ounce |
| kEACC | 333323 |
| kFennIndex | 301.05 |
| kFourCornerCode | 1022.7 |
| kHanYu | 10019.010 |
| kIICore | AJH |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0157.070 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10019.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0078.101 |
| kIRG_GSource | GE-3026 |
| kIRG_HSource | H-994F |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-4E3E |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP1-3415 |
| kIRG_KSource | K2-2126 |
| kIRG_TSource | T3-2261 |
| kJapanese | リョウ ふたつ |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kJapaneseKun | FUTATSU |
| kJapaneseOn | RYOU |
| kJis0 | 4630 |
| kKangXi | 0078.101 |
| kKorean | LYANG |
| kLau | 1865 |
| kMandarin | liǎng |
| kMatthews | 3953 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1539 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ006336 |
| kMorohashi | 00046 |
| kNelson | 0034 0047 |
| kPhonetic | 799 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+3974+1.1.5 |
| kRSUnicode | 1.5 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+5169<kMatthews U+4E24<kFenn |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 4.14 |
| kTotalStrokes | 6 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJ |