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十一 (Shí Yī): meaning and stroke order

十一 (Shí Yī) means PRC National Day (October 1st), eleven, 11.

十一

Simplified
十一
Traditional
十一 (same form)
Pinyin
Shí Yī

Stroke order of 十一

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

一

  • yī one; single
  • 1 stroke

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 十一

  1. Shí Yī
    • PRC National Day (October 1st)
  2. shí yī
    • eleven
    • 11

Radicals of the characters

十
Radical 十 (Kangxi radical 24) · 2 strokes · built from 一 and 丨
一
Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 1 stroke

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.

十一 in our stories

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  • 晚上十一点半，刑警骆驰接到电话：甄太太家进了小偷，一条很贵的钻石项链不见了。

    wǎnshang shíyī diǎn bàn xíngjǐng Luò Chí jiēdào diànhuà Zhēn tàitai jiā jìn le xiǎotōu yì tiáo hěn guì de zuànshí xiàngliàn bú jiàn le

    At half past eleven at night, detective Luo Chi got a call: a burglar had broken into Mrs Zhen's home and a very expensive diamond necklace was gone.

    From the story The dry floor HSK 6

  • 从医院出来，范楠觉得胸口轻松了一大半。当天晚上，他十一点就关了手机，睡了一个多月来最好的一觉。

    cóng yīyuàn chūlai Fàn Nán juéde xiōngkǒu qīngsōng le yí dàbàn dàngtiān wǎnshang tā shíyī diǎn jiù guān le shǒujī shuì le yí gè duō yuè lái zuì hǎo de yí jiào

    Walking out of the hospital, Fan Nan felt his chest was far lighter. That night he switched off his phone at eleven and had his best sleep in over a month.

    From the story The bow's reflection in the cup HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 十一

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).