二十

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Chinese

two ten
simp. and trad.
(二十) 		二 十
alternative forms 貳拾／贰拾 financial
弍拾 financial; obsolete
anagram 十二
Chinese cardinal numbers
 <  19 20 21  > 
    Cardinal : 二十 (èrshí)

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 二 十
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 日 (38) 常 (25)
Final (韻) 脂 (15) 緝 (141)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 而至切 是執切
Baxter nyijH dzyip
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ȵiɪH/ /d͡ʑiɪp̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ȵiH/ /d͡ʑip̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȵʑjɪH/ /d͡ʑjep̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ȵiH/ /d͡ʑip̚/
Li
Rong 		/ȵiH/ /ʑiəp̚/
Wang
Li 		/ȵʑiH/ /ʑĭĕp̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ȵʑiH/ /ʑi̯əp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		èr shí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		ji6 sap6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 二 十
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		èr shí
Middle
Chinese 		‹ nyijH › ‹ dzyip ›
Old
Chinese 		/*ni-s/ /*t.əp/
English two ten

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * 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 二 十
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 2824 11452
Phonetic
component 		二 十
Rime
group 		脂 緝
Rime
subdivision 		2 3
Corresponding
MC rime 		二 十
Old
Chinese 		/*njis/ /*ɡjub/

Numeral

二十

  1. twenty; 20

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: jicap

Adjective

二十

  1. twentieth
    二十世紀／二十世纪  ―  èrshí shìjì  ―  the twentieth century

Proper noun

二十

  1. (～村) Ershi (a village in Huilong, Fang, Shiyan, Hubei, China)

See also

Japanese

Japanese cardinal numbers
 <  19 20 21  > 
    Cardinal : 二十

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
二 十
に
Grade: 1 		じゅう
Grade: 1
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
廿

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Numeral

二(に)十(じゅう) • (nijū) ←にじふ (nizifu)?

  1. twenty; 20

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
二 十
はた
Grade: 1 Grade: 1
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
廿

Believed to be cognate with 果(は)て (hate, “end”), with 20 signifying the "limit" of one person's counting ability using two feet and two hands. Already in declining use by the Heian period in favour of 二十(にじゅう) (nijū).[2] Note also Ainu ホッ (hot, “twenty”).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

Numeral

二十(はた) • (hata) 

  1. (obsolete) twenty; 20

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
二 十
ふたそじ
Grade: 1 Grade: 1
jukujikun
Alternative spelling
二十路

二(ふた) (futa, “two”) + 十(そ)路(じ) (-soji).

Pronunciation

Numeral

二十(ふたそじ) • (futasoji) ←ふたそぢ (futasodi)?

  1. twenty; 20

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ^ 1990, 岩波古語辞典補訂版 (Iwanami Kogo Jiten Hoteiban) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
二十

Numeral

二十 • (isip) (hangeul 이십)

  1. hanja form? of 이십 (“twenty”)
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