十
ten
Readings
On'yomi
- ジュウ
- ジッ
- ジュッ
Kun'yomi
- とお
- と
- そ
Nanori
- い
- か
- ぎ
- さ
- し
- そう
- ち
- とう
- ね
- ま
- る
- わ
Meaning
十 represents the number ten, a fundamental counting unit and a complete set.
Most common words using 十
24 of 365- 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
Study
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.