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Kotomora

十

ten

JLPTN5StatusJōyō · grade 1FrequencyTop 100Strokes2

Readings

On'yomi

  • ジュウ
  • ジッ
  • ジュッ

Kun'yomi

  • とお
  • と
  • そ

Nanori

  • い
  • か
  • ぎ
  • さ

Meaning

十 represents the number ten, a fundamental counting unit and a complete set.

Most common words using 十

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  • 十じゅう
    N5

    ten; 10

  • 十分じゅうぶん
    N4

    enough; sufficient; plenty; adequate; satisfactory

  • 不十分ふじゅうぶん
    N1

    insufficient; inadequate; imperfect

  • 十字架じゅうじか
    N1

    cross (for crucifixion); the Cross (of Christ)

  • 十字じゅうじ

    cross; cross shape

  • 十字路じゅうじろ
    N1

    crossroads; intersection

  • 五十音ごじゅうおん
    N2

    the Japanese syllabary

  • 十八番おはこ

    one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; one's forte

  • 三十日みそか

    last day of the month

  • 十一じゅういち
    N5

    eleven; 11

  • 十二じゅうに
    N5

    twelve; 12

  • 十七じゅうなな

    seventeen; 17

  • 十三じゅうさん

    thirteen; 13

  • 十九じゅうきゅう

    nineteen; 19

  • 十五じゅうご

    fifteen; 15

  • 十八じゅうはち

    eighteen; 18

  • 十四じゅうし

    fourteen; 14

  • 十億じゅうおく

    1,000,000,000; billion

  • 二十四時間制にじゅうよじかんせい

    around-the-clock system

  • 五十三次ごじゅうさんつぎ

    fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)

  • 六十四分音符ろくじゅうしぶおんぷ

    64th note; hemidemisemiquaver; semidemisemiquaver

  • 十両じゅうりょう

    second highest division; wrestlers of the second highest division

  • 二十世紀にじっせいき

    twentieth century

  • 十六じゅうろく

    sixteen; 16

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Etymology

十 is a pictograph of a counting rod or a simple tally mark representing the number ten. The cross shape has been used across cultures to denote ten.

Meaning mnemonic

The two crossed lines look like a tally mark for ten, or like the Roman numeral X for ten.

Reading mnemonic

For ジュウ, imagine ten jewels (ジュウ) arranged in a cross shape: jewels -> ジュウ, and the cross is 十.