liǎng two

Simplified form of . Combination of two characters. also represents the sound.

Components

Sound component
bǐng third
Change in sound
Sound component
bǐng third

Component uses

Sound (3 of 4 verified)

Unknown (0 of 3 verified)

Meaning (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.617-618漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

gè, ge, gě [measure word]

Pictograph of one stalk of bamboo. Same as one half of the character for bamboo ().

Character Evolution

Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Iconic (1)

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartkaHkˤa[r]-s tally, piece, item

Sources

Character origin
Wiktionary
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica