Kanji Detail of 偶
偶
| Level: | N3 Low |
| Strokes: | 11 |
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The kanji 偶偶 primarily conveys the idea of "chance," "accidental," "pair," or "equal." It often refers to something that is not planned, a coincidence, or something that comes in twos. It can also imply something that is comparable or on par with something else.
・On-yomi (音読み): グウ ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): たまたま (tamatama) - occasionally, by chance
⚫︎ 偶然偶然 (gūzen) Translation: Coincidence, accident ⚫︎ 偶数偶数 (gūsū) Translation: Even number ⚫︎ 配偶者配偶者 (haigūsha) Translation: Spouse, partner
The kanji 偶偶 is a 形声文字 (keisei moji), a phono-semantic compound. It combines the radical 亻 (ninben, meaning "person") with the phonetic component 禺 (gu, which provides the sound and originally depicted a monkey). The original meaning related to the idea of companionship or pairing, and therefore, "two," or "a pair," and expanded to mean "chance" and "coincidence." The person radical suggests that the meaning involves humans or things related to humans.