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二十六 (èr shí liù) — twenty-six

Definition

numeral
twenty-six

Examples

  • 二十六。
    Wǒ jīn nián èr shí liù suì.
    I am twenty-six years old.
  • 二十六。
    Zhè dòng lóu yǒu èr shí liù céng.
    This building has twenty-six floors.
  • 二十六。
    Tā huā le èr shí liù kuài qián mǎi le nà běn shū.
    He spent twenty-six yuan to buy that book.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéCoordinate

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

二十twenty
二èrtwo十shíten
偏正Modifier + head
六liùsix

二十 is two tens, and 六 adds six, giving the number twenty-six.

Characters in this word

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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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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