廿

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See also: 廾
廿 U+5EFF, 廿
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5EFF
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Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

廿 (Kangxi radical 55, 廾+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 廿 (T), four-corner 44770, composition ⿵卄一)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 353, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9586
  • Dae Jaweon: page 668, character 9
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 59, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+5EFF

Chinese

simp. and trad.
 廿
alternative forms 卄
廾
念

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 廿
Shang Western Zhou Warring States Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Chu slip and silk script Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts

Etymology

The pronunciation in most dialects is a contraction of 二十 (èrshí). The irregular pronunciation (e.g. /nVm/) dates back to the Song dynasty, to avoid homophony with a vulgar word; see 入 (rù) (now commonly written as 日 (rì) in dialects).

Pronunciation

Note: jap6, nim6 - rare.
Note:
  • nĭk/niék - colloquial;
  • niêng - literary.
Rime
Character 廿
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 日 (38)
Final (韻) 侵 (141)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 人執切
Baxter nyip
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/ȵiɪp̚/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ȵip̚/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ȵʑjep̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ȵip̚/
Li
Rong 		/ȵiəp̚/
Wang
Li 		/ȵʑĭĕp̚/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/ȵʑi̯əp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		rì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		jap6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 廿
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		niàn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ nyip ›
Old
Chinese 		/*np/
English twenty (fused variant of 二十) (Sagart & Ma, 2020)

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 廿
Reading # 1/1
No. 9487
Phonetic
component 		廿
Rime
group 		緝
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		入
Old
Chinese 		/*njɯb/
Notes 二十合音，宋後音變讀念

Definitions

廿

  1. twenty

Usage notes

  • In Mandarin, 二十 (èrshí) is usually used. 廿 (niàn) is more commonly used in describing dates of the Chinese calendar.

Compounds

See also

References

Japanese

Kanji

廿

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

  1. (dated) twenty

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
廿
にじゅう
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Numeral

廿(にじゅう) • (nijū) ←にじふ (nizifu)?

  1. (dated) Alternative spelling of 二十 (nijū): twenty, 20

Noun

廿(にじゅう) • (nijū) ←にじふ (nizifu)?

  1. (archaic) Alternative spelling of 二十 (nijū): a twenty-year-old

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
廿
はたち
Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Noun

廿(はたち) • (hatachi) 

  1. (archaic) Alternative spelling of 二十歳 (hatachi): a twenty-year-old

Proper noun

廿(はたち) • (Hatachi) 

  1. a surname

Korean

Hanja

廿 (eumhun 스물 입 (seumul ip))
廿 (eumhun 이십 입 (isip ip))

  1. twenty; twentieth

Vietnamese

Han character

廿: Hán Nôm readings: niệm, trấp, trập, nhập, chấp

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