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三十六 (sān shí liù) — thirty-six

Definition

numeral
thirty-six

Examples

  • 三十六。
    Wǒ mā ma jīn nián sān shí liù suì.
    My mom is thirty-six years old this year.
  • 三十六。
    Wǒ men bān yí gòng yǒu sān shí liù gè xué shēng.
    There are thirty-six students in our class in total.
  • 三十六。
    Zhè běn shū yǒu sān shí liù yè.
    This book has thirty-six pages.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

三十thirty
三sānthree十shíten
偏正Modifier + head
六liùsix

「三十」 gives three tens, and 「六」 adds the remaining unit.

Characters in this word

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

三 is drawn as three parallel strokes, like 一 with one stroke and 二 with two.

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An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

The early shape 十 was mostly a single vertical stroke, sometimes with a dot, and later gained a horizontal stroke to form a cross. For the number ten, it marked the next digit above one.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape of 六 may come from a simple drawing of a shed, or from an ancient counting mark.

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