漢字城 Kanji Fortress

十 ten

On'yomi
ジュウ、ジッ
Kun'yomi
とお、と
Strokes
2
JLPT
N5
Taught in
Primary school, year 1

Stroke order

  1. 1
  2. 2
十 is written in 2 strokes. Each panel adds the next one; the dot marks where the brush starts.

Remember it

A perfect cross, like two fingers held up in an X — ten, the number that completes the count.

A common word

  • 十分 じゅっぷん ten minutes

Example sentences

  • じゅうじにばすがきます。

    The bus comes at ten o'clock.

  • たまごをとおかいました。

    I bought ten eggs.

Don't confuse it with