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十六 (じゅうろく, juuroku) Japanese meaning: sixteen | Kotomora

十じゅう六ろく

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Meanings

1

The cardinal number sixteen.

彼かれは十じゅう六ろく歳さいです。
He is sixteen years old.

答こたえは十じゅう六ろくです。

The answer is sixteen.

Kanji

十ten
六six
一one, one radical (no.1)

Written forms

十じゅう六ろく
Standard kanji spelling for the number sixteen.
１６じゅうろく
Arabic numeral spelling, common in horizontal writing and lists.
一六じゅうろく
Uncommon kanji spelling; 十六 is the standard form.

Etymology

Compound of 十 (じゅう, ten) and 六 (ろく, six).