Radical 24

十
23 ⼖ ◄	24	► ⼘ 25
Pinyin :	shí (= ten)
Zhuyin :	ㄕ ˊ
Hiragana :	じ ゅ う jû
Kanji :	十 偏 jûhen (= radical 10)
Hangul :	열
Sinocorean :	십
Codepoint :	U + 5341
Stroke sequence :

The radical 24 meaning " ten " is one of the 23 traditional radicals in Chinese writing that are written with two strokes.

With 17 character combinations in Mathews' Chinese-English Dictionary , it is relatively rare. In the Kangxi dictionary there are 55 characters under this radical.

When the first numbers were still given with horizontal lines, the number "ten" was written with a vertical line. Later the signs “one” and “ten” were combined into a cross. The sign is distantly similar to the katakana sign ナ "na".

In the so-called upper case to prevent counterfeiting, for example on checks or banknotes, the number ten 拾 is written.

The radical十also acts as a sound vehicle for example in the following abbreviations :

什 (= what) and

汁 (= juice).

It is not so easy to identify it as a radical in 升 (= increase). As a radical it occurs in the following characters:

character	Explanation
南	south
千	thousand
卍	swastika

Falun Gong emblem

The two swastika symbols 卍 and 卐 can also be found under this radical . In the Chinese culture, the swastika represents the character for the word “sun” within a circle, without a circle (Chinese 卍, 卐, wàn) for myriad (10,000, “infinity”, actually: Chinese 万 / 萬). The fact that the sign also means fertility in the figurative sense results from the fact that it can be found on images of procreation and reproduction in the various peoples. If it appears on the packaging of Chinese-made foods, it means that they are purely vegetarian.

The emblem of Falun Gong , a Qi Gong movement from China , also contains several swastika symbols. It shows a red circle with a large golden swastika symbol (swastika angled to the left = right-turning swastika ), which is enclosed by an orange ring with four other swastika symbols and four yin-yang symbols.

Character combinations ruled by radical 24

chinese finger sign for "10"

other "10"

other "10"

Strokes	character
+ 00	十
+ 01	卂 千 卄
+ 02	丗 卅 卆 升 午
+ 03	卉 半
+ 04	卋 卌卍华 协卐
+ 06	卑 卒 卓 協 单 卖
+ 07	南単
+ 09	卙
+10	博
+19	卛

In the Unicode block Kangxi radicals , radical 24 is coded under the code point number 12.055 (U + 2F17).

literature

• Edoardo Fazzioli : Painted Words. 214 Chinese characters - from picture to concept . Marixverlag, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-937715-34-7 , p. 239 .

For detailed references, see List of Traditional Radicals: Literature

Web links

Commons : Radikal 24  - Graphic representations of Radikal 24

Wiktionary: 十  - Explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Xiù cai.oai.de (PDF; 1.72 MB) Explanation of Radikal 24 on page 7