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Translingual [edit]

Stroke order
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Stroke order
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Etymology [edit]

The idea of the strokes that make up 十 is one of compression into a single unit. Thus, 十 acquires the meaning of ten because it is a major unit used in counting.

十 十 十 十
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Large seal script Small seal script

Han character [edit]

(radical 24 +0, 2 strokes, cangjie input 十 (J), four-corner 40000)

  1. ten, tenth
  2. complete
  3. perfect
  4. KangXi radical

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Cantonese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(sap6)


Hakka [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(POJ shi̍p, Guangdong ship8 [Meixian], s'ip8 [Hailu], Hagfa Pinyim sib6)

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Japanese [edit]

Number [edit]

Japanese cardinal numbers
 <  9 10 11  > 
    Cardinal : 十

(じゅう, )

十 (とお, )
十 (, to)
  1. ten

Etymology 1 [edit]

/so1/: [so].

Noun [edit]

(hiragana , romaji so)

  1. ten; used in compounds
Compounds [edit]

Etymology 2 [edit]

/to2/: [tə] > [to].

Noun [edit]

(hiragana , romaji to)

  1. ten

Etymology 3 [edit]

/to2wo/: [təwo] > [towo] > [too] > [toː].

Noun [edit]

(hiragana とお, romaji , historical hiragana とを)

  1. ten

Kanji [edit]

(grade 1 “Kyōiku” kanji)

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Korean [edit]

Hanja [edit]


Eumhun:

  • Sound (hangeul):  (revised: sip, McCune-Reischauer: ship, Yale: sip)
  • Name (hangeul):  (revised: yeol, McCune-Reischauer: yŏl, Yale: yel)
  1. ( , yeol sip): ten, ten times.

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Mandarin [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Middle Chinese *dzyip, from Old Chinese *gyip, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *g-tsip (compare Classical Tibetan bchu)

Pronunciation [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(pinyin shí (shi2), Wade-Giles shih2)

Compounds [edit]

Numeral [edit]

(traditional and simplified, Pinyin shí)

  1. ten

Middle Chinese [edit]

Han character [edit]

(*zhip)


Min Nan [edit]

Hanzi [edit]

(POJ cha̍p)


Vietnamese [edit]

Han character [edit]

Readings [edit]

Number [edit]

  1. Han form of mười (ten)

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Wu [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Latin Alphabet: suoˇ

Zhuyin Fuhao: ㄙㄨㄛˇ