十

Meanings: ten, 10, tenth On Readings: ジュウ juu Kun Readings: とお too, と to Most Used Pronunciation: juu JLPT Level: 4 (see all JLPT 4 kanji) Grade: 1 Kanji Part: 十 Stroke Number: 2

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Common jukugo
十九 - じゅう　きゅう juu kyuu - 19 [lit. 10 + 9]
九十 - きゅう　じゅう kyuu juu - 90 [lit. 9 + 10]
十二月 - じゅう　に　がつ juu ni gatsu - December (the 12th month)

Useful Examples
Japanese: 私は十歳です。
Romaji: watashi wa jissai desu.
Literal: NOTE: Announcers usually say 'jissai' but many people commonly say 'jussai'
English: I am 10 years old.

Japanese: うまくいく可能性は十分にある。
Romaji: umaku iku kanousei wa juubun ni aru.
English: There is a good chance of success.

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Notes/Mnemonic
Remember: 5 + 5 = + 2 hands crossing each other, with 5 fingers on each hand, is 10

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Many example sentences are from the Tanaka Corpus as modified for use with WWWJDIC.