十二 (shí èr): meaning and stroke order
十二 (shí èr) means twelve, 12.
十二
- Simplified
- 十二
- Traditional
- 十二 (same form)
- Pinyin
- shí èr
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Stroke order of 十二
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
Stroke by stroke
二
- èr two; 2
- 2 strokes
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Meaning of 十二
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shí èr
- twelve
- 12
Radicals of the characters
- 十
- Radical 十 (Kangxi radical 24) · 2 strokes · built from 一 and 丨
- 二
- Radical 二 (Kangxi radical 7) · 2 strokes · 一 on top, 一 below
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.
十二 in our stories
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保罗坐了十二个小时的飞机。
Bǎoluó zuò le shí'èr gè xiǎoshí de fēijī
Paul flew for twelve hours.
From the story At the airport HSK 2
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十二点的时候，爷爷给了冬冬一个红包。
shí'èr diǎn de shíhou yéye gěi le Dōngdong yí gè hóngbāo
At midnight Grandpa gives Dongdong a red envelope.
From the story New Year at Grandma and Grandpa's HSK 2
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大学毕业那年，沈佳去了加拿大读研究生，两个人之间差了十二个小时。
dàxué bìyè nà nián Shěn Jiā qù le Jiānádà dú yánjiūshēng liǎng gè rén zhījiān chà le shí'èr gè xiǎoshí
The year they graduated, Shen Jia went to Canada for a master's degree, twelve hours apart.
From the story Twelve hours apart HSK 4
Stories using 十二
- At the airport HSK 2
- New Year at Grandma and Grandpa's HSK 2
- Twelve hours apart HSK 4
- The piano at midnight HSK 4
- The four-hour balloon HSK 7–9 · Level 9
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).