六十二 (liù shí èr) — sixty-two

Definition

numeral
sixty-two
Easily confused

Examples

  • 六十二。
    Wǒ bà ba jīn nián liù shí èr suì le.
    My dad is sixty-two years old this year.
  • 六十二。
    Zhè ge shù zì shì liù shí èr.
    This number is sixty-two.
  • 六十二。
    Wǒ yǒu liù shí èr běn shū.
    I have sixty-two books.

Origin

Characters in this word

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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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.

Open 十 →

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

二 is drawn as two parallel strokes, where the number of strokes shows the amount.

Open 二 →

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