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.

• 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