十 (shí) — ten
Definition
Examples
- 十。Jiào shì lǐ yǒu shí gè rén.There are ten people in the classroom.
- 十。Wǒ mǎi le shí gè píng guǒ.I bought ten apples.
- 十。Zhè běn shū shí kuài qián.This book costs ten yuan.
Origin
Indicative sign六书liùshū
指事zhǐshìAn 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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