Today’s #kanji is 両, which is listed under the radical of #一. 両 used to be written as 兩 and it is a pictograph depicting a weighbeam with weights.
Meaning: both, a pair, a counter for carriages
Reading: リョウ
両（リョウ）: ryo (old monetary unit in Japan); both, 2
両腕（リョウうで）: both arms
両替（リョウがえ）: exchange (of money), money changing
両側（リョウがわ）: either side, both sides
両親（リョウシン/ふたおや*）: (one’s) parents, father and mother
両手（リョウて）: both hands, both arms
両方（リョウホウ）: both, both sides
両面（リョウメン）: both faces, both sides
両立（リョウリツ）する: to be compatible (with…), to coexist
車両（シャリョウ）: a vehicle, a car, a carriage
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