俩

倆
liǎng
#1,572 most
frequent character
used in 伎倆|伎俩[ji4liang3]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

俩 combines 亻, person, with 两 liǎng as the sound part. Its first meaning was skill or ability. Read liǎ, the meaning 'both' was borrowed for its sound, and 'some' grew from that.

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Same Characters, Different Readings

HSK 4
俩liǎ
two (colloquial equivalent of 兩個|两个)

Homophones

HSK 2
两liǎng
both, two, ounce, some, a few

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