双
Pair
| on’yomi | kun’yomi | Radicals |
|---|---|---|
| そう | ふた | 又 + 又 |
Meaning: Pair
You have one stool, and you have another stool. What does that make? It makes a pair of stools.
One stool, two stool… Seeing two stools, you should be able to figure out what you have. Just follow the logic and you’ll be home free.
Reading: そう
To remember そう we always use the word “sew.” With the pair of stools, though, you have a problem. Someone actually sewed them together. Hundreds of threadings have taken place between them. You can’t even use them. So, you have to cut the thread all over, and pull each piece out to make the stools useful again.
Be frustrated as you take the pair of stools apart. It’s lame you have to do this. It’s also ridiculous anyone would sew two stools together. Who does that?
Vocabulary
This is your last kanji for this set of strokes! Congrats! Celebrate by learning this pair of kanji vocab.
双（そう）＝ Pair
- Meaning: Same as the kanji.
- Reading: Oddly enough, the on’yomi. Usually vocab words that are all alone and made up of one kanji are kun’yomi, but there’s something different about this kanji. I feel good about you, kid… you’ll go far…
双子（ふたご）＝ Twins
- Combo: 双 (pair) + 子 (child)
- Meaning: A pair of children are twins (because twins come in twos)
- Reading: One thing that might make this easier is that if you remember back to the vocabulary for the kanji 二, you’ll remember that 二つ is ふたつ. The same sound (ふた) is there too, and it kind of has the same meaning (two vs pair). They’re both the same in that regard, so you only need to remember one “two” / remember the same “two” twice.