The kanji 十: meaning, readings and stroke order

十

Meaning: ten
On reading: ジュウ juu、ジッ ji
Kun reading: とお too、と to
Strokes: 2
Radical: 十 ten, complete
Level: Level 1 · grade 1

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: số mười (thập)
Japanese: かずのじゅう。とお。
Korean: 열 (십)
Chinese: 数字十

Readings, words and example sentences

ジュウ juu · on reading

十じゅう人にん
ten people
十じゅう人にんで玉入れをします。
Ten of us play a ball toss game.

ジッ ji · on reading

十じっ本ぽん
ten (long things like pencils)
えんぴつが 十じっ本ぽん あります。
There are ten pencils.

とお too · kun reading

十とお
ten
一から 十とおまでかぞえます。
I count from one to ten.

と to · kun reading · less common

十じゅう人にん十と色いろ
everyone is different
すきなものは 十じゅう人にん十と色いろです。
Everyone likes different things.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.