Character Details pair Ascii: 38169 w34 Hanyu Pinyin Pronunciation Tone Components/Primitives Wiktionary Alt Sounds 双 shuāng shoo:anhg 1 又 (hand) + 又 (hand) → double 双 link Picture Character Story The animals boarding Noah's Ark all came in pairs – but Noah had to carefully check the two crotches in each pair to ensure that the animals were of different sexes and thus able to further their species after the flood. Notes [HSK 2] - — Examples 5408 - This pair of shoes are nice and comfortable 5100 - --Research Pending-- Strokes Single Character Decomposition Radical Name Label Domain Component Persona Example Characters 30 - 皮 pí stone skin skin texture 皮 破 Elements Semantic Element Phonetic Element Note 又 (hand) + 又 (hand) → double 又 (semantic: two hands) — pure semantic