十 — how to write the kanji for “ten”
十 is the number 10, a JLPT N5 kanji, taught in first grade in Japan. With 2 strokes it is among the simplest kanji of N5. On its own it is the word juu, “ten; 10”. Its common words take the reading juu: 三十 (“thirty”), 五十 (“fifty”), 十一 (“eleven”) and 十七 (“seventeen”). Chinese reads it shí, “ten”, at HSK 1.
- Strokes
- 2
- JLPT
- N5
- Radical
- 十 (“ten”)
- On
- ジュウ, ジッ, ジュッ
- Kun
- とお, そ, と
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- Horizontal ㇐leftrightwards
- Vertical ㇑topdownwards
Japanese and Chinese
Japanese and Chinese draw all 2 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.
十 in dates and counts
- 三十 さんじゅう — thirty; 30
- 五十 ごじゅう — fifty; 50
- 十一 じゅういち — eleven; 11
- 十七 じゅうなな — seventeen; 17
- 十三 じゅうさん — thirteen; 13
Trace it
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Readings
- On (Chinese-derived)
- ジュウ juu, ジッ jiっ, ジュッ juっ (rare)
- Kun (native)
- とお too, そ so, と to (rare)
- Meanings
- ten
- Read juu
- 三十 五十 十一 十七 十三 十九
- School year
- first grade
- Newspaper rank
- 8th of 2,500 (KANJIDIC2)
- Korean hanja
- 십 sip
- Common words
- 64 in JMdict
Words with 十
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 三十 | さんじゅう sanjuu | thirty; 30 |
| 五十 | ごじゅう gojuu | fifty; 50 |
| 十一 | じゅういち juuichi | eleven; 11 |
| 十七 | じゅうなな juunana | seventeen; 17 |
| 十三 | じゅうさん juusan | thirteen; 13 |
| 十九 | じゅうきゅう juukyuu | nineteen; 19 |
| 十二 | じゅうに juuni | twelve; 12 |
| 十五 | じゅうご juugo | fifteen; 15 |
| 十八 | じゅうはち juuhachi | eighteen; 18 |
| 十四 | じゅうし juushi | fourteen; 14 |
Most common first (JMdict).
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