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mán

equal

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approved by Peter Olson · Aug 21, 2021, 08:32 PM · Reviewed by Peter Olson on Aug 21, 2021, 08:32 PM

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Twenty (廿) and two (兩) are numbers that can be divided into two equal parts.

Components

廿
廿 Meaning component
兩
兩 Sound component

May be an outdated sound component.

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Mid Western Zhou ~900 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

說文解字

《說文》：“，平也。从廿，五行之數二十分為一辰。，平也。讀若蠻。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫Chinese Text Project
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)