U+5169 "兩" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
兩
U+5169 "兩" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a traditional Chinese character that primarily means "two" or "a pair," and it is also historically used as a unit of weight or currency in East Asian cultures. This character is visually distinguished from the simplified form "两" by its more complex structure, which retains ancient brushstroke patterns. In addition to its numeric and unit meanings, "兩" is commonly found in classical texts, idioms, and compound words such as "兩岸" meaning "both sides" or "兩者" meaning "both." Its glyph showcases a balanced composition that reflects the symmetrically paired elements it represents, making it a fundamental component in written Chinese, Japanese, and Korean languages that utilize traditional CJK characters.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+5169 |
| 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 | 兩 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 兩 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE5 0x85 0xA9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x5169 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00005169 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u5169 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | A8E2 |
| kCCCII | 213323 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4C25 |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4C25 |
| kCangjie | MLBO |
| kCantonese | loeng5 |
| kCihaiT | 145.602 |
| kCowles | 2321 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0272.110 |
| kDefinition | two, both, pair, couple; ounce |
| kEACC | 213323 |
| kFanqie | 良㢡 力讓 |
| kFenn | 562A |
| kFennIndex | 301.05 302.01 |
| kFourCornerCode | 1022.7 |
| kGB1 | 3329 |
| kGradeLevel | 1 |
| kGSR | 0736a |
| kHangul | 량:0E 양:0 |
| kHanYu | 10024.020 |
| kHanyuPinlu | liǎng(3229) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10024.020:liǎng,liàng |
| kHKGlyph | 0281 |
| kIICore | ATHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0272.110 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10024.020 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0126.130 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-413D |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-A8E2 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-5140 |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-D7DE |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-5557 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4C25 |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4C46 |
| kJapanese | リョウ ふたつ |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kJapaneseKun | FUTATSU |
| kJapaneseOn | RYOU |
| kJis0 | 4932 |
| kKangXi | 0126.130 |
| kKarlgren | 542 |
| kKorean | LYANG |
| kLau | 1872 |
| kMandarin | liǎng |
| kMatthews | 3953 |
| kMeyerWempe | 1547 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ007270 MJ007270:E0101 MJ007269:E0102 |
| kMorohashi | 01436 01436:E0101 |
| kNelson | 0034 0044 |
| kOtherNumeric | 2 |
| kPhonetic | 799 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+4215+11.2.6 |
| kRSUnicode | 11.6 |
| kSBGY | 310.37 424.45 |
| kSemanticVariant | U+4E21<kMatthews U+4E24<kLau,kMatthews,kMeyerWempe |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "两" U+4E24 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 46.11 5.06 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | liǎng粵loeng5 liǎng粵loeng2 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0357 |
| kTang | liɑ̀ng liɑ̌ng |
| kTotalStrokes | 8 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | lưỡng |
| kXerox | 241:247 |
| kXHC1983 | 0707.061:liǎng |