十

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ten; 10

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Formation & memory

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Components 一丨

ten · Heisig RSH #10

— as a component also called: ten, needle

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
十分之一	shí fēn zhī yī	one tenth
大年三十	dà nián sān shí	last day of the lunar year; Chinese New Year's Eve
三十年河东，三十年河西	sān shí nián hé dōng , sān shí nián hé xī	the river flows thirty years to the East, thirty years to the West (proverb); change is th…
二十面体	èr shí miàn tǐ	icosahedron
十二面体	shí èr miàn tǐ	dodecahedron
二十一点	èr shí yī diǎn	blackjack (card game)
一目十行	yī mù shí háng	ten lines at a glance (idiom); to read very rapidly
红十字会	Hóng shí zì huì	the Red Cross
十一路	shí yī lù	(coll.) going on foot
十三日	shí sān rì	thirteenth day of a month
一五一十	yī wǔ yī shí	lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
三十二相	sān shí èr xiàng	the thirty-two physical characteristics of Buddha
目下十行	mù xià shí háng	see 一目十行[yi1 mu4 shi2 hang2]
十三点	shí sān diǎn	half-witted; nitwit
十字花科	shí zì huā kē	Cruciferae or Brassicaceae (taxonomic family including Brassica etc whose flowers have a c…
十字路口	shí zì lù kǒu	crossroads; intersection
十一	Shí Yī	PRC National Day (October 1st)
十一	shí yī	eleven; 11
十三经	Shí sān jīng	the Thirteen Confucian Classics, namely: Book of Songs 詩經\|诗经[Shi1 jing1], Book of History …
十二分	shí èr fēn	exceedingly; hundred percent; everything and more

These characters use 十 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
十 sound part	shí	ten, tenth; complete; perfect
计	jì	to calculate, to count; to plan, to reckon; plot, scheme
质	zhì	essence, nature; material, substance
协	xié	to assist; to cooperate, to join; to harmonize
汁	zhī	juice, liquor, fluid; sap; gravy, sauce
隼	sǔn	falcon, eagle; an aquiline nose