Entry
  1. Noun

    (wielding) dual swords (esp. in fiction); twin swords

  2. pair of Chinese straight swords wielded simultaneously (oft. sharing a single scabbard)

    Historical term

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Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

pair, set, comparison, counter for pairs

Kun
ふたたぐいならぶふたつ
On
ソウ
Strokes
4
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N2
Frequency
1029 of 2500
Radical
again
WaniKani
Level 42

Built from

Used in names as

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-2-2SKIP code
2h2.1The Kanji Dictionary
1744.0, 7744.0Four corner code
3567deroo
53ccUnicode hex code
1-33-48JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
859Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
673New Nelson (John Haig)
25New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
28Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
13Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
13Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
697Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
753Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1178A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
53Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1541Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3125Morohashi
1513A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1594Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1701Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
390Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1027Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1763Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
266Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
704Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shuang1Pinyin reading
ssangKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
42WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

sabre, sword, blade, clock hand

Kun
つるぎ
On
ケン
Strokes
10
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1305 of 2500
Radical
knife
WaniKani
Level 35

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (30)
CodeReference
1-8-2SKIP code
2f8.5The Kanji Dictionary
8250.0Four corner code
2843deroo
5263Unicode hex code
1-23-85JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
696Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
498New Nelson (John Haig)
1672New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2104Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1096Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1493Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1671Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1801Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1248A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1151Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1436Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
2076Morohashi
1214A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
879Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
900Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1095Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1310Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
791Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
198Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1687Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
jian4Pinyin reading
geomKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
35WaniKani level