廿

See also: 廾

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

Translingual

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

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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

Etymology

The pronunciation in most dialects is a contraction of 二十 (èrshí). The irregular pronunciation (e.g. /nVm/) dates back to the Song dynasty, to avoid homophony with a vulgar word; see 入 (rù).

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 廿

1. twenty

Usage notes

• In Mandarin, èrshí (二十 (èrshí)) is also used.

See also

• 二十 (èrshí)
• 卅 (sà), 卌 (xì)

References

• “Entry #799”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji

廿

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

1. 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)

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

Numeral

廿(にじゅう) • (nijū) ^{←にじふ (nizifu)?}

1. Alternative spelling of 二十 (nijū): twenty, 20

Noun

廿(にじゅう) • (nijū) ^{←にじふ (nizifu)?}

1. Alternative spelling of 二十 (nijū): a twenty-year-old

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
廿
はたち Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Noun

廿(はたち) • (hatachi) 

1. Alternative spelling of 二十歳 (hatachi): a twenty-year-old

Proper noun

廿(はたち) • (Hatachi) 

1. a surname

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Korean

Hanja

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

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Vietnamese

Han character

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

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