拾一 (shí yī) — eleven (financial capital form, used in formal documents)

Definition

拾壹 (shí yī) is the financial/formal '11' written in capital Chinese numerals (大写) — used on checks, contracts, and legal documents to prevent forgery. The everyday form is 十一.

numeral
eleven (financial capital form, used in formal documents)
Easily confused

Examples

  • 拾一。
    Wǒ men zài hé tong lǐ xiě le shí yī wàn yuán rén mín bì.
    We wrote eleven thousand yuan in the contract.
  • 拾一。
    Zhè zhāng zhī piào de jīn é shì shí yī yuán zhěng.
    The amount on this check is exactly eleven yuan.
  • 拾一，。
    Qǐng yòng dà xiě shù zì xiě shí yī, bú yào xiě ā lā bó shù zì.
    Please write eleven in capital numerals, not Arabic numerals.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

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

拾shíten
一yīone

拾 names ten and 一 names one, together expressing eleven.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
扌Written in full as手shǒuhand
Sound part声符shēngfú
合
合hé拾shí
The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

拾 uses 扌 for hand and 合 for sound; the whole character means to pick up by hand.

Open 拾 →

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

一 is drawn as one horizontal stroke, marking the number one.

Open 一 →
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