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十二 (shí èr) — twelve

Definition

numeral
twelve

Examples

  • 。
    Xiàn zài shì shí èr diǎn.
    It's twelve o'clock now.
  • 十二。
    Tā yǒu shí èr gè píng guǒ.
    He has twelve apples.
  • 十二。
    Wǒ men yí gòng yǒu shí èr gè rén.
    We have twelve people in total.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

十shíten
二èrtwo

十 means ten and 二 means two; together they form twelve.

Characters in this word

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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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.

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