十ten
ten. 2 strokes. 12 characters in HSK 3.0 Levels 2 to 6 are written with it.
Meaning tenStrokes 2Characters 12
How to write 十
What it tells you about a character
Of the 12 characters below, 2 are pictophonetic with 十 as the half that carries the meaning — the other half carries the sound. That is the use of knowing a radical: it narrows what a new character is about before you know how to say it.
The 12 characters
Print a 米字格 practice sheet for the 十 family
HSK 2 · 7
HSK 3 · 2
HSK 5 · 2
HSK 6 · 1
Words they appear in
| 半夜 | midnight, the dead of night 一夜之中最深最静的时候 |
| 东南 | the southeast 介于东边和南边之间的方向 |
| 干杯 | to toast, cheers 举起杯子一起喝酒庆祝 |
| 干活儿 | to do manual labor, work 出力气做体力方面的工作 |
| 卖 | to sell 把东西给别人换取金钱 |
| 南方 | south, southern region 地理位置偏南的地区 |
| 千 | thousand 表示很大的数目，一百个十 |
| 千克 | kilogram 国际通用的重量单位 |
| 十分 | very, extremely 表示程度非常高 |
| 外卖 | takeout 指从餐馆买回家吃的饭菜 |
| 午餐 | lunch 指中午吃的正餐 |
| 午睡 | to nap 指中午小睡一会儿 |
| 西南 | southwest 指方向的一种，介于西和南之间 |
| 南部 | the southern sector 一个地方偏南的那一片 |