廿

See also: 廾

廿 U+5EFF, 廿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5EFF ← 廾 [U+5EFE] CJK Unified Ideographs 开 → [U+5F00]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

廿 (Kangxi radical 55, 廾+1, 4 strokes, Cangjie input 廿 (T), four-corner 4477₀, composition ⿵卄一)

Derived characters

• 𣲟, 𨑬, 𥾰, 𧺧, 𧿰, 𠦜, 𣢓, 𩑪, 𠃟, 𣏼, 炗, 革, 㒼, 堇, 黃, 嬊, 㷼, 燕, 鷰, 卋, 𦬵, 𠂺, 𠀠, 枽
• 甘, 丗, 度, 席, 庹, 庶, 庻, 㢜, 𣂷

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 353, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9586
• Dae Jaweon: page 668, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 59, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5EFF

Chinese

simp. and trad.		廿
alternative forms		卄 廾 念

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 廿
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Two 十 ("ten") written side by side, with a horizontal stroke at the bottom that fuses them. See also 卅.

In characters such as 漢 and 黄, it represents an open mouth 口, while in 度 and 席 it actually represents a stylized rock 石.

Etymology

The pronunciation in most dialects is a contraction of 二十 (èrshí) (Early Middle Chinese: *nyijH dzyip). The irregular pronunciation (e.g. /nVm/) dates back to the Song dynasty, to avoid homophony with a vulgar word; see 入 (rù) (now commonly written as 日 (rì) in dialects).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niàn (nian⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): jaa⁶ / je⁶ / jap⁶ / nim⁶

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): ngip⁵

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): ngiam

  (Hailu, HRS): niam^ˊ / ngiam^ˊ

• Eastern Min (BUC): nĭk / niék / niêng
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): nieng⁵
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): jia̍p / lia̍p / jī

  (Teochew, Peng'im): riab⁸ / rih⁸ / niam⁶

  (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): yib⁸

• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶gnie / ⁶ne / ⁶gniae / ⁶gnia / ⁶gniaen / ⁶nae
  • (Jinhua): ⁶gniaa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niàn
    • Wade–Giles: nien⁴
    • Yale: nyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niann
    • Palladius: нянь (njanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: jaa⁶ / je⁶ / jap⁶ / nim⁶
    • Yale: yah / yeh / yahp / nihm
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jaa⁶ / je⁶ / jap⁹ / nim⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: ya⁶ / yé⁶ / yeb⁶ / nim⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jaː²²/, /jɛː²²/, /jɐp̚²/, /niːm²²/

Note: jap6, nim6 - rare.

• • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: ngip⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵑɡip̚³²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ngiam
    • Hakka Romanization System: ngiam
    • Hagfa Pinyim: ngiam⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ŋi̯am⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: niam^ˊ / ngiam^ˊ
    • Sinological IPA: /niam²⁴/, /ŋiam²⁴/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: nĭk / niék / niêng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡiʔ⁵/, /nˡiɛʔ²⁴/, /nˡiɛŋ²⁴²/

Note:

• nĭk/niék - colloquial;
• niêng - literary.

• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: nieng⁵
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: niāng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niɛŋ¹¹/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: nieng⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /niɛŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jia̍p
    • Tâi-lô: jia̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: jiap
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ziap̚⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ziap̚¹²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen, Jinjiang, Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍p
    • Tâi-lô: lia̍p
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liap
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /liap̚⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines): /liap̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jī
    • Tâi-lô: jī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ji
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡zi²²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: riab⁸ / rih⁸ / niam⁶
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jia̍p / ji̍h / niăm
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡ziap̚⁴/, /d͡ziʔ⁴/, /niam³⁵/
  • (Leizhou)
    • Leizhou Pinyin: yib⁸
    • Sinological IPA: /zip̚²/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Chongming, Suzhou, Kunshan, Yixing, Changzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gnie
    • MiniDict: nyae^去
    • MiniDict: nye^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyie
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲie²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /ɦn̠ʲie³¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /n̠ʲɪ²³¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Kunshan): /n̠ʲɪ²¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Yixing): /n̠ʲiɪ²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /n̠ʲɪ²⁴/
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ⁶ne
    • MiniDict: ne^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³ne
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ne²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /ne¹¹³/
  • (Northern: Jiading, Songjiang, Tongxiang, Haining, Zhoushan)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gniae
    • MiniDict: nyae^去
    • Sinological IPA (Jiading): /n̠ʲie̞¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Songjiang): /n̠ʲiɛ¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Tongxiang): /n̠ʲiæ¹¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Haining): /n̠ʲiɛ¹¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /n̠ʲiɛ¹³/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gnia
    • MiniDict: nya^去
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /n̠ʲiɑ²³¹/
  • (Northern: Shaoxing)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gniaen
    • MiniDict: nyaeon^去
    • Sinological IPA (Shaoxing): /n̠ʲiæ̃¹¹/
  • (Northern: Zhoushan)
    • Wugniu: ⁶nae
    • Sinological IPA (Zhoushan): /nɛ¹³/
  • (Jinhua)
    • Wugniu: ⁶gniaa
    • Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /n̠ʲia¹⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: nyip

Rime
Character	廿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	緝 (141)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	人執切
Baxter	nyip
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiɪp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵip̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjep̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵip̚/
Li Rong	/ȵiəp̚/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭĕp̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯əp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jap6

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*n[ə]p/

  (Zhengzhang): /*njɯb/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	廿
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	niàn
Middle Chinese	‹ nyip ›
Old Chinese	/*n[ə]p/
English	twenty (fused variant of 二十) (Sagart & Ma, 2020)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	廿
Reading #	1/1
No.	9487
Phonetic component	廿
Rime group	緝
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	入
Old Chinese	/*njɯb/
Notes	二十合音，宋後音變讀念

Definitions

廿

1. twenty

Usage notes

• In Mandarin, 二十 (èrshí) is usually used. 廿 (niàn) is more commonly used in describing dates of the Chinese calendar.

Compounds

• 幾廿歲人 / 几廿岁人 (gei² jaa⁶ seoi³ jan⁴) (Cantonese)
• 廿一 (niànyī)
• 廿七 (niànqī)
• 廿三 (niànsān)
• 廿九 (niànjiǔ)
• 廿二 (niàn'èr)
• 廿五 (niànwǔ)
• 廿八 (niànbā)
• 廿六 (niànliù)
• 廿四 (niànsì)
• 廿字頭 / 廿字头 (niànzìtóu)

See also

• 二十 (èrshí)
• 卅 (sà), 卌 (xì)

References

• “廿”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
• “廿”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2026.
• “廿”, in 臺灣客語辭典 [Dictionary of Taiwan Hakka] (overall work in Mandarin and Hakka), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2022.
• “廿”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎^[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “廿”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 165.

Japanese

Kanji

廿

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. (dated) twenty

Readings

• Go-on: にゅう (nyū)^{←にふ (nifu, historical)}
• Kan-on: じゅう (jū)^{←じふ (zifu, historical)}
• Kun: にじゅう (nijū, 廿)^{←にじふ (nizifu, 廿, historical)}、はたち (hatachi, 廿)^{←はたち (fatati, 廿, historical)}

Compounds

• 廿(はつ)日(か) (hatsuka)
• 廿(はつ)日(か)市(いち) (Hatsukaichi)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
廿
にじゅう Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Kanji in this term
廿
はた Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 廿 – see the following entry.

【二十にじゅう】 [numeral] twenty; 20 【二十はた】 [numeral] (obsolete) twenty; 20

(This term, 廿, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
廿
はたち Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Noun

For pronunciation and definitions of 廿 – see the following entry.

【二十歳はたち】 [noun] twenty years old Alternative spelling 二十才

(This term, 廿, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Proper noun

廿(はたち) • (Hatachi) 

1. a surname

References

• “^▲廿”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja

廿 (eumhun 스물 입 (seumul ip))
廿 (eumhun 이십 입 (isip ip))

1. twenty; twentieth

Vietnamese

Han character

廿: Hán Nôm readings: niệm, trấp, trập, nhập, chấp

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