ten

Origin & mnemonic

The radical "ten" (⼗) originates from a pictograph of a counting tally or wooden stick used in seal script. The cross or "+" shape represents the intersection of two strokes, symbolizing a complete unit or tally mark.

Mnemonic: Two strokes cross like a plus sign—picture that shape to remember "ten" and completeness.

• 十shí🔊

  ten

  HSK 1

  2 strokes

• 干gàn🔊

  tree trunk

  HSK 1

  3 strokes

• 千qiān🔊

  used in 鞦韆|秋千[qiu1 qian1]

  HSK 2

  3 strokes

• 卂xùn🔊

  (archaic) to fly rapidly

  3 strokes

• 卄niàn🔊

  twenty, twentieth

  3 strokes

• 升shēng🔊

  to ascend; to rise (variant of 升[sheng1])

  HSK 3

  4 strokes

• 卅sà🔊

  thirty

  4 strokes

• 卆zú🔊

  variant of 卒[zu2], soldier

  4 strokes

• 午wǔ🔊

  7th earthly branch: 11 a.m.-1 p.m., noon, 5th solar month (6th June-6th July), year of the Horse

  4 strokes

• 卍wàn🔊

  swastika, a sacred and auspicious symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism

  4 strokes

• 卐wàn🔊

  swastika, a sacred and auspicious symbol in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, later adopted by Nazi Germany

  4 strokes

• 半bàn🔊

  half

  HSK 1

  5 strokes

• 卉huì🔊

  plants

  5 strokes

• 卌xì🔊

  forty

  5 strokes

• 华huá🔊

  magnificent

  6 strokes

• 卋shì🔊

  old variant of 世[shi4]

  6 strokes

• 协xié🔊

  to cooperate

  6 strokes

• 卖mài🔊

  to sell

  HSK 2

  8 strokes

• 单dān🔊

  bill

  HSK 4

  8 strokes

• 卓zhuó🔊

  outstanding

  8 strokes

• 卒zú🔊

  variant of 卒[zu2]

  8 strokes

• 丧sàng🔊

  to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc)

  8 strokes

• 卑bēi🔊

  low

  8 strokes

• 南nán🔊

  south

  HSK 1

  9 strokes

• 啬sè🔊

  stingy

  11 strokes

• 博bó🔊

  (bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide

  12 strokes

• 卛shuài🔊

  old variant of 率[shuai4]

  21 strokes

• 颦pín🔊

  to scowl

  21 strokes