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一五一十 (yī wǔ yī shí): meaning and stroke order

一五一十 (yī wǔ yī shí) means lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail.

一五一十

Simplified
一五一十
Traditional
一五一十 (same form)
Pinyin
yī wǔ yī shí

Stroke order of 一五一十

一

  • yī one; single
  • 1 stroke

Stroke by stroke

五

  • wǔ five; 5
  • 4 strokes

Stroke by stroke

一

  • yī one; single
  • 1 stroke

Stroke by stroke

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

Meaning of 一五一十

  1. yī wǔ yī shí
    • lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail

Radicals of the characters

一
Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 1 stroke
五
Radical 二 (Kangxi radical 7) · 4 strokes · 一 on top, 𫝀 below
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.

一五一十 in our stories

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  • 这一回，瓦盆在大堂上把冤情一五一十地说了出来。包拯派人抓来赵大夫妻，又在他们家里搜出了刘世昌的银子和衣物。

    zhè yì huí wǎpén zài dàtáng shàng bǎ yuānqíng yīwǔ-yīshí de shuō le chūlai Bāo Zhěng pài rén zhuā lái Zhào Dà fūqī yòu zài tāmen jiā lǐ sōu chū le Liú Shìchāng de yínzi hé yīwù

    This time the basin told its wrongs in full detail before the court. Bao Zheng had Zhao Da and his wife arrested, and Liu Shichang's silver and clothes were found in their house.

    From the story The tale of the black basin HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 一五一十

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).