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十

shí — ten

2 strokes · radical 十 · HSK 1

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Where it comes from

A vertical stroke crossed by a horizontal. The oldest forms are just the vertical line with a thickening in the middle; the crossbar is what that swelling turned into.

Words it turns up in

十分

Lists it belongs to

一二三四 Numbers one to ten 10 characters 一二七八 HSK 1 core characters 86 characters

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