Chinese Character Wiki
廿

niàn

twenty

Two vertical lines, representing two sets of ten (十).

Evolution

廿 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
廿 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
廿 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
廿 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
廿 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

廿  

niàn

twenty, twentieth; twenty (20), in a limited number of set expressions; also written using banker's character 念

Component uses

Meaning component in 2 characters (1 verified)

㒼 燕

Unknown component in 1 character (0 verified)

庹

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

3383rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

4

Unicode

U+5EFF

Shuowen

“廿，二十并也。古文省。”


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