十

Derived characters

 * Appendix:Chinese radical/十

Glyph origin
Unlike, which was one horizontal stroke meaning one, 十 was originally simply a vertical stroke. In later forms 一 was added, forming a cross.

Possibly a for a needle, later written as, borrowed phonetically for.

Etymology
From.

Definitions

 * 1) ten
 * 2)  topmost; utmost

Descendants
Others:

Etymology 1
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From.

Numeral

 * 1) ten, 10

Noun

 * 1) a ten-year-old

Affix

 * 1) ten, 10
 * 2) tenth
 * 3) tenfold
 * 4) all, completely, perfect

Etymology 2
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From, ultimately from.

Numeral

 * 1) ten, 10

Etymology 3
Shift from tō above.

Numeral

 * 1) ten, 10

Etymology 4
→ * →

From.

Used in compounds.

Affix

 * : tenfold

Etymology 5
From.

Numeral

 * 1) ten, 10

Etymology
From.