孿
luán

twins

Phonosemantic compound. 子 represents the meaning and 䜌 represents the sound.

Components

子
子 Meaning component
zi, zǐ child
䜌
䜌 Sound component
luán tie together

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Late Western Zhou ~800 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartsrjwenH[s.r]on-stwins
srwænH[s.r]on-stwins
Zhengzhangsmroːns
smrons

說文解字

一乳兩子也。从子䜌聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

孪 luán twins Simplified

Giving birth to a second 亦 child 子

Components

亦
亦 Meaning component
yì also
子
子 Meaning component
zi, zǐ child

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode