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孪

孿
luán
adjective #69,144

Meanings

  1. 1 twin; born as twins

Examples

HSK 4
这两姐妹是孪生，几乎分不出来。
Zhè liǎng jiěmèi shì luánshēng, jīhū fēn bù chūlái.
The two sisters are twins, almost impossible to tell apart.
HSK 4
他们是孪生兄弟，长得很像。
Tāmen shì luánshēng xiōngdì, zhǎng de hěn xiàng.
They are twin brothers and look very much alike.

Tips

usage
Almost always in 孪生 ('twin-born'), as in 孪生兄弟 ('twin brothers'). The everyday spoken word for twins is 双胞胎; 孪 is the more formal, written equivalent.

Components

radical
子 zǐ
child
The child radical 子 at the bottom is the meaning anchor: this is a word about children - specifically two born together at one birth.
phonetic
亦 yì
also; too
The top element supplies the sound. Standalone 亦 reads yì; here it is part of the phonetic that gives the luán reading, carrying no meaning to the twins.

Stroke Order

孪 luán