Does the kanji 両 have the reading teru (てる)?


[jisho.org's entry for 両](https://jisho.org/search/%E4%B8%A1%20%23kanji) says

> Kun: てる、 ふたつ

If true, in what context do you use these kun readings?




In short, those kun readings are old, and by and large, not in current and
popular use. They might however be found in literary text, especially for an
archaic effect. てる seems to be a typo or scanno of テール.

## 両{テール} ( _tael_ )

There was an old currency and unit of weight called
[tael](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tael) which was written 兩 whose variants
include 両. Because of this you might find 両 annotated with テール - tēru, but
it's exclusively for the currency and unit.

I'm not aware of a テル / てる / teru variant, while it's not entirely
implausible. Even if it was used, it might be a stretch to say these
"readings" are kun. You can annotate 野球 with ベースボール, but that doesn't make it
a kun reading of 野球.

## 両{ふた}つ ( _a pair_ )、両人{ふたり} ( _a couple_ )、両{ふた}親{おや} ( _parents_ )

Example: <https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000038/files/334_15956.html>

> 両{ふた}親{おや}に早く死に別れて、たった二人の姉弟ですから、互いに力にしていたのが、今では別れ別れになって、生き死にさえわからんようになりました。

I think the 両つ usage is largely replaced with 二つ, and ふたおや is a bit more
archaic than りょうしん.

Similarly, you might encounter 双{ふた}つ in old text, especially when something
is in _a pair_ , like human eyes, but more recently you simply write 二つ.

