Read Edit View history 十 shí HSK1 ten Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint A single vertical line, representing one set of ten. Analagous to the archaic characters 廿 (twenty) and 卅 (thirty). Possibly originally a picture of a needle, now written as 針. Pinyin Separate values with commas shí × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 十 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 109, 442 ], [ 177, 422 ], [ 373, 456 ], [ 819, 505 ], [ 869, 499 ], [ 932, 476 ] ], [ [ 456, 811 ], [ 484, 803 ], [ 522, 767 ], [ 512, 593 ], [ 507, -33 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 541 450 Q 754 474 901 462 Q 935 462 940 467 Q 949 482 935 494 Q 862 560 793 538 Q 745 529 542 499 L 482 492 Q 355 479 290 469 Q 218 457 112 455 Q 97 455 96 443 Q 95 430 116 414 Q 134 401 168 388 Q 180 384 199 393 Q 215 399 292 413 Q 377 434 482 444 L 541 450 Z", "M 482 444 Q 482 240 478 171 Q 475 -6 495 -40 Q 511 -56 521 -34 Q 539 21 540 425 Q 540 438 541 450 L 542 499 Q 543 722 569 763 Q 576 781 555 798 Q 528 819 482 830 Q 461 836 447 821 Q 437 812 450 799 Q 480 774 482 739 Q 482 651 482 492 L 482 444 Z" ] } 2 strokes 十 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "animcjk", "medians": [ [ [ 103, 442 ], [ 184, 424 ], [ 810, 504 ], [ 939, 480 ] ], [ [ 447, 812 ], [ 526, 760 ], [ 504, -42 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M541,450C683,465 802,469 901,462C923,461 937,464 940,467C946,477 944,486 935,494C886,538 839,551 793,538C761,530 677,515 542,499C502,494 502,494 482,492C429,486 334,473 290,469C241,465 182,457 112,455C102,455 96,451 96,443C95,435 101,425 116,414C127,406 145,397 168,388C175,386 185,389 199,393C232,404 412,437 482,444C521,448 521,448 541,450Z", "M482,444C482,308 480,254 478,171C474,53 479,-18 495,-40C503,-52 515,-49 521,-34C529,-11 534,58 537,171C538,240 537,299 541,450C542,483 542,483 542,499C545,648 553,735 569,763C575,775 569,787 555,798C537,813 512,823 482,830C467,834 456,831 447,821C440,815 440,808 450,799C469,782 482,763 482,739C482,574 482,574 482,492C482,460 482,460 482,444Z" ] } 2 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.