JLPT level N5
Kanji 十 — "Ten"
Here is what 十 means, how it is read, what it is built from, and a story that makes "Ten" stick.
How it is read
On'yomi
じゅう
the reading borrowed from Chinese — usually appears in compound words
Kun'yomi
とお
the native Japanese reading — usually appears when the kanji stands alone
What it is made of
How to remember it
Kanji are not random strokes. Learn the parts and the whole becomes easy. Put the parts together into one picture. The stranger it is, the harder it is to forget.
十 Ten
十 Ten
The story
Ten is ten — you've got this!
- 十 Ten
The Roman numeral X means 10. If you twist it a bit to make 十, it means Ten in Japanese!
Words that use 十
7 of 7 words in the app that contain this kanji — the most common ones first.
- 十分 じゅうぶん enough
- 十 じゅう / とお ten
- 二十歳 はたち 20 years old
- 十日 とおか 10th day, 10 days
- 二十日 はつか 20th day
- 五十音 ごじゅうおん the Japanese syllabary
- 十字路 じゅうじろ crossroads
Want 十 to still be there next month?
Reading it once is not remembering it. The app brings each kanji back right before you would have forgotten it.
