How to write 十 (shí, “ten”)

十 (shí), an HSK 1 character, means “ten” and “10”. It is the number 10. As an overlapping character it splits into 一 (“one”), stroke 1; 丨 (“line”), stroke 2, written the first part first. On its own it is an HSK 1 word; it also forms 十分 (“very”), 十字路口 (“crossroads”) and 十足 (“ample”). Japanese reads it juu, “ten”, as a JLPT N5 kanji.

Pinyin

shí

Strokes

2

HSK

1

Radical

十 (“ten”)