十 shí ten
ten; complete
How it came to be
One upright stroke was ten in the old counting. A dot was added at its middle so it would not read as one, and the dot grew into the crossbar.
How it is used
- Ten - 十个 (shí ge) ten, and the base for teens and tens - 十五 (shíwǔ) 15, 五十 (wǔshí) 50.
- Figuratively complete / 100% - 十分 (shífēn) fully / very, 十足 (shízú) out-and-out.
Characters built with 十
- 什 what (in 什么)
- 真 truly
- 早 early
- 千 thousand
- 读 read
- 卖 to sell
- 直 straight
- 草 grass
- 伞 umbrella
- 计 calculate
- 克 gram
- 质 essence
- 支 branch
- 章 chapter
- 续 carry on
- 值 price
- 叶 leaf
- 博 to gamble
- 毕 finish
- 针 needle
- 植 tree
- 填 fill
- 汁 juice
- 协 to assist
- 慎 cautious
- 置 to lay out
- 德 morality
- 殖 to breed
- 镇 calm
- 障 to separate
- 乖 obedient
- 兢 fearful
- 彰 clear
- 歼 to annihilate
- 矗 straight
- 纤 fine
- 赎 ransom
- 迁 to shift
Words with 十
Example sentences
- 他都十岁了。 Tā dōu shí suì le.He's already ten years old.
- 他不过才十岁。 Tā búguò cái shí suì.He is only ten years old.
- 我能从一数到十。 Wǒ néng cóng yī shǔ dào shí.I can count from one to ten.
- 老人人口占总人口的百分之三十。 Lǎorén rénkǒu zhàn zǒng rénkǒu de bǎifēnzhī sān shí.Elderly people account for 30% of the total population.