卌
40
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Readings
On'yomi
- シュウ
Kun'yomi
- よんじゅう
- しじゅう
Meaning
卌 represents the number forty, a specific numeral value.
Study
Etymology
卌 is a numeral character for forty, likely derived from a combination of four tens (十 repeated four times) compressed into a single character. The exact historical development is uncertain.
Meaning mnemonic
The shape looks like four vertical strokes (representing four tens) bound together by a horizontal line, making forty.
Reading mnemonic
For シュウ, imagine a shoe store having a sale: all shoes are forty percent off. Shoe -> シュウ, and the discount is forty.