十 (shí): meaning and stroke order
十 (shí) means numeral 10 in the Suzhou numeral system 苏州码子, ten, 10.
十
- Simplified
- 十
- Traditional
- 〸, 十
- Pinyin
- shí
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Stroke order of 十
十
- shí numeral 10 in the Suzhou numeral system 蘇州碼子|苏州码子[Su1 zhou1 ma3 zi5]
- shí ten; 10
- 2 strokes
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Meaning of 十
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shí
- numeral 10 in the Suzhou numeral system 蘇州碼子|苏州码子[Su1 zhou1 ma3 zi5]
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shí
- ten
- 10
Radical and structure
- 十
- Radical 十 (Kangxi radical 24) · 2 strokes · built from 一 and 丨
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 十
- 三十 sān shí thirty; 30
- 二十 èr shí twenty; 20
- 五十 wǔ shí fifty
- 八十 bā shí eighty; 80
- 十一 Shí Yī PRC National Day (October 1st)
- 十三 shí sān thirteen; 13
- 十二 shí èr twelve; 12
- 十五 shí wǔ fifteen; 15
- 十八 shí bā eighteen; 18
- 十分 shí fēn very; completely
- 四十 sì shí forty; 40
- 十六 shí liù sixteen; 16
十 in our stories
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“十块一斤。”
shí kuài yì jīn
"Ten yuan a jin."
From the story Buying apples HSK 1
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第一天早上，她只跑了十分钟就跑不动了。
dì-yī tiān zǎoshang tā zhǐ pǎo le shí fēnzhōng jiù pǎo bú dòng le
On the first morning she ran only ten minutes before she couldn't run any more.
From the story A little more every day HSK 2
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很久以前，天上有十个太阳，地上热得像火一样。
hěn jiǔ yǐqián tiān shàng yǒu shí gè tàiyáng dì shàng rè de xiàng huǒ yíyàng
Long ago there were ten suns in the sky, and the earth was as hot as fire.
From the story Chang'e flies to the moon HSK 3
Stories using 十
- Buying apples HSK 1
- A little more every day HSK 2
- Chang'e flies to the moon HSK 3
- Pull-ups HSK 4
- Twelve hours apart HSK 4
- Flowers in the book return HSK 5
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).