十 — JLPT N5 Kanji

十 (juu/jit/too): ten. JLPT N5 kanji.

Character Info

Kanji Strokes JLPT Radical Radical Meaning
2 N5 ten

Readings

Type Reading Romaji Notes
On (音) ジュウ/ジッ juu/jit Chinese-origin (音読み)
Kun (訓) とお too ten (native count)

Meanings

  1. ten

Vocabulary

Word Reading Romaji English JLPT
十人 じゅうにん juunin ten people N5
十月 じゅうがつ juugatsu October N5
十日 とおか tooka tenth (of month) N5
十時 じゅうじ juuji 10 o'clock N5
二十 にじゅう nijuu twenty N5

Stroke Order

  1. Horizontal stroke. 2. Vertical stroke crossing it in the middle.

Mnemonic

A cross — two strokes crossing, like a plus sign, representing the completion of single digits.

Common Mistakes

十 (ten) vs 土 (earth/soil) — 土 has a shorter top line; 十 has equal-length arms of the cross.