Ten in Chinese (Mandarin): 十 (shí)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 十

• 十

  Ten. A cross.

  2 strokes

Second tone. Bigger numbers are built from it: 十一 (shíyī) is eleven and 二十 (èrshí) is twenty.

More examples with 十

• 我十岁了。

  我十歲了。

  Wǒ shí suì le.

  I am ten years old.

• 十一，十二，十三。

  Shíyī, shí'èr, shísān.

  Eleven, twelve, thirteen.

How to write 十 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.