十

Ten

Stroke count: 2

Readings

On readingジュウ、ジッ

Kun readingとお、と

JLPT level: N5 Jōyō Grade 1Level 1

Meanings

tenRtK

Homonyms

ⓘ

Same reading (じゅう)

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

Radical十ten

Mnemonic (RtK)

ⓘ

needle (丨)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 10

Compound words

二十歳はたち

20 years old

十分じゅうぶん

enough; sufficient; plenty; adequate; satisfactory

五十音ごじゅうおん

the Japanese syllabary

二百十日にひゃくとおか

210th day (from the first day of spring according to the lunar calendar); the storm day

十月じゅうがつ

October; tenth month of the lunar calendar

1,000,000,000; billion

cross; cross shape; sign of the cross

second highest division; wrestlers of the second highest division

(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)

数十すうじゅう

dozens; scores of; decades

十字架じゅうじか

cross (for crucifixion); the Cross (of Christ)

十字路じゅうじろ

crossroads; intersection

十二分じゅうにぶん

more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive

On Reading Examples

彼は風呂敷を十分に活用した。じゅうぶん

He took full advantage of the wrapper.tatoeba

彼は年こそ若いが十分その仕事をやっていける。じゅうぶん

Young as he is, he is equal to the task.tatoeba

彼は二十年間先生をしている。にじゅう

He has been teaching for 20 years.tatoeba

彼は読書の時間が十分とれないと不平をいう。じゅうぶん

He complains of not having enough time to read.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は風呂敷を十分に活用した。

He took full advantage of the wrapper.tatoeba

彼は年こそ若いが十分その仕事をやっていける。

Young as he is, he is equal to the task.tatoeba

彼は日に平均十時間は勉強した。

He studied ten hours a day on average.tatoeba

彼は二十年間先生をしている。

He has been teaching for 20 years.tatoeba

盧溝橋事件の十日前であった。

It was ten days prior to the Rokokyo bridge Incident (the Marco Polo Bridge Incident.)wiki

寛永十八年十一月二十日没す。

She died on December 22, 1641.wiki

Stroke Order

2 strokes

Ten. A cross of one horizontal and one vertical stroke.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 十

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step