二に十じゅう

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じゅ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

The number twenty. Used in counting, ages, dates, and quantities. The reading はた is obsolete and not used in modern Japanese.

二に重じゅうN1
二十 (twenty) and 二重 (double, twofold) are pronounced identically as にじゅう but have completely unrelated meanings, so listeners must rely on context.
三さん十じゅう
三十 means thirty while 二十 means twenty; the two look alike as tens-numbers (Ｘ十) and are easy to misread quickly.
二十歳はたちN5
二十歳 (はたち) is the special reading used for a person's age of twenty, while 二十 (にじゅう) is the ordinary reading for the number twenty in all other contexts.

二十Usage99%
- にじゅう
  Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form in vertical text and formal contexts.
- はた
  out-dated reading
廿にじゅうUsage1%
A single-character kanji for twenty, occasionally seen in traditional contexts or proper nouns.
２０にじゅう
Arabic numeral spelling, very common in horizontal writing and for dates, prices, etc.
弐に拾じゅう
Formal/legal kanji spelling (daiji) used to prevent forgery on documents like checks.
二〇にじゅう
Mixed kanji-zero spelling, sometimes used in vertical writing or for stylistic effect.
卄にじゅう
Archaic variant of 廿; rarely encountered in modern Japanese.
はた
out-dated reading

Compound of 二 (ni, 'two') and 十 (jū, 'ten'). The obsolete reading はた is a native Japanese word for twenty.