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孪

孿
luán
adjective #69,144

Meanings

  1. 1 twin; born as twins

Examples

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.
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