孪 luán twins
怎么记住“孪”: 𰁜 as well + 子 child = twins. Another one is coming as well, the midwife says, handing the tired mum her first child, and suddenly she has twins.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
孪 = 𰁜 as well + 子 child
- 𰁜 as well sound
- 子 child meaning
Another one is coming as well, the midwife says, handing the tired mum her first child, and suddenly she has twins.
How it came to be
In the full form, the child gives the meaning and the top part gives the sound.
用法
- Bound; only in 孪生 (luánshēng), twin(-born): 孪生兄弟 (luánshēng xiōngdì) twin brothers.
- Interchangeable in sense with 双胞胎 (shuāngbāotāi), though 孪生 is the more literary term.