十二

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Chinese

ten two
simp. and trad.
(十二) 		十 二
anagram 二十
Chinese cardinal numbers
 <  11 12 13  > 
    Cardinal : 十二 (shí'èr)

Pronunciation

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

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 十 二
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 11452 2824
Phonetic
component 		十 二
Rime
group 		緝 脂
Rime
subdivision 		3 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		十 二
Old
Chinese 		/*ɡjub/ /*njis/

Numeral

十二

  1. twelve; 12
    十二宵夜  ―  shí'èr xiāoyè  ―  twelve nights

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (十二):

Japanese

Kanji in this term
十 二
じゅう
Grade: 1 		に
Grade: 1
on’yomi
Japanese cardinal numbers
 <  11 12 13  > 
    Cardinal : 十二

Pronunciation

Numeral

十(じゅう)二(に) • (jūni) ←じふに (zifuni)?

  1. twelve; 12

Coordinate terms

Japanese numbers
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Regular 零(れい) (rei)
零(ゼロ) (zero) 		一(いち) (ichi) 二(に) (ni) 三(さん) (san) 四(よん) (yon)
四(し) (shi) 		五(ご) (go) 六(ろく) (roku) 七(なな) (nana)
七(しち) (shichi) 		八(はち) (hachi) 九(きゅう) (kyū)
九(く) (ku) 		十(じゅう) (jū)
Formal 壱(いち) (ichi) 弐(に) (ni) 参(さん) (san) 拾(じゅう) (jū)
90 100 300 600 800 1,000 3,000 8,000 10,000 100,000,000
Regular 九(きゅう)十(じゅう) (kyūjū) 百(ひゃく) (hyaku)
一(いっ)百(ぴゃく) (ippyaku) 		三(さん)百(びゃく) (sanbyaku) 六(ろっ)百(ぴゃく) (roppyaku) 八(はっ)百(ぴゃく) (happyaku) 千(せん) (sen)
一(いっ)千(せん) (issen) 		三(さん)千(ぜん) (sanzen) 八(はっ)千(せん) (hassen) 一(いち)万(まん) (ichiman) 一(いち)億(おく) (ichioku)
Formal 一(いち)萬(まん) (ichiman)
1012 8×1012 1013 1016 6×1016 8×1016 1017 1018
一(いっ)兆(ちょう) (itchō) 八(はっ)兆(ちょう) (hatchō) 十(じゅっ)兆(ちょう) (jutchō) 一(いっ)京(けい) (ikkei) 六(ろっ)京(けい) (rokkei) 八(はっ)京(けい) (hakkei) 十(じゅっ)京(けい) (jukkei) 百(ひゃっ)京(けい) (hyakkei)

Korean

Hanja in this term
十二

Numeral

十二 • (sibi) (hangeul 십이)

  1. Hanja form? of 십이 (“twelve”).
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