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廿 (Kangxi radical 55, +1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 廿 (T), four-corner 44770, composition)

simp. and trad. 廿
alternative forms

Two ("ten") written side by side, with a horizontal stroke at the bottom that fuses them. See also .

In characters such as and , it represents an open mouth , while in and it actually represents a stylized rock .

The pronunciation in most dialects is a contraction of 二十 (èrshí) (Early Middle Chinese: *nyijH dzyip). The irregular pronunciation (e.g. /nVm/) dates back to the Song dynasty, to avoid homophony with a vulgar word; see (rù) (now commonly written as (rì) in dialects).


Note: jap6, nim6 - rare.

Note:


BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 廿
Reading # 1/1
ModernBeijing(Pinyin) niàn
MiddleChinese nyip
OldChinese /*n[ə]p/
English twenty (fused variant of 二十) (Sagart & Ma, 2020)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 廿
Reading # 1/1
No. 9487
Phoneticcomponent 廿
Rimegroup
Rimesubdivision 1
CorrespondingMC rime
OldChinese /*njɯb/
Notes

廿

  1. twenty

廿

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

  1. (dated) twenty
Kanji in this term
廿
にじゅうJinmeiyō
kun'yomi

廿(にじゅう) (nijū) ←**にじふ** (nizifu)?

  1. (dated) Alternative spelling of 二十 (nijū): twenty, 20

廿(にじゅう) (nijū) ←**にじふ** (nizifu)?

  1. (archaic) Alternative spelling of 二十 (nijū): a twenty-year-old
Kanji in this term
廿
はたちJinmeiyō
kun'yomi

廿(はたち) (hatachi)

  1. (archaic) Alternative spelling of 二十歳 (hatachi): a twenty-year-old

廿(はたち) (Hatachi)

  1. a surname

廿 (eumhun 스물 (seumul ip))
廿 (eumhun 이십 (isip ip))

  1. twenty; twentieth

廿: Hán Nôm readings: niệm, trấp, trập, nhập, chấp

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