Chinese

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two ten
simp. and trad.
(二十)
alternative forms 貳拾贰拾 financial
弍拾 financial; obsolete
anagram 十二
Chinese cardinal numbers
 <  19 20 21  > 
    Cardinal : 二十 (èrshí)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (38) (25)
Final () (15) (141)
Tone (調) Departing (H) Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () III III
Fanqie
Baxter nyijH dzyip
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/ȵiɪH/ /d͡ʑiɪp̚/
Pan
Wuyun
/ȵiH/ /d͡ʑip̚/
Shao
Rongfen
/ȵʑjɪH/ /d͡ʑjep̚/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/ȵiH/ /d͡ʑip̚/
Li
Rong
/ȵiH/ /ʑiəp̚/
Wang
Li
/ȵʑiH/ /ʑĭĕp̚/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/ȵʑiH/ /ʑi̯əp̚/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
èr shí
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
ji6 sap6
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
èr shí
Middle
Chinese
‹ nyijH › ‹ dzyip ›
Old
Chinese
/*ni[j]-s/ /*t.[ɡ]əp/
English two ten

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 2824 11452
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2 3
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*njis/ /*ɡjub/

Numeral

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二十

  1. twenty; 20

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Indonesian: jicap

Adjective

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二十

  1. twentieth
    二十世紀二十世纪  ―  èrshí shìjì  ―  the twentieth century

Proper noun

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二十

  1. () Ershi (a village in Huilong, Fang, Shiyan, Hubei, China)

See also

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Japanese

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Japanese cardinal numbers
 <  19 20 21  > 
    Cardinal : 二十

Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
じゅう
Grade: 1
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
廿

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Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) じゅう [níꜜjùù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɲ̟iʑɨː]
  • Audio:(file)

Numeral

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()(じゅう) (nijūにじふ (nizifu)?

  1. twenty; 20

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
Grade: 1 Grade: 1
irregular
Alternative spellings
廿
二十歳

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Pronunciation

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Numeral

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二十(はたち) (hatachi

  1. twenty; 20

Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
Grade: 1 Grade: 1
irregular
Alternative spelling
廿

Believed to be cognate with () (hate, end), with 20 signifying the "limit" of one person's counting ability using two feet and two hands. Already in declining use by the Heian period in favour of 二十(にじゅう) (nijū).[3] Note also Ainu ホッ (hot, twenty).

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Numeral

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二十(はた) (hata

  1. (obsolete) twenty; 20

Etymology 4

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Kanji in this term
ふた
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
irregular
Alternative spelling
二十路

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Numeral

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二十(ふたそじ) (futasojiふたそぢ (futasodi)?

  1. twenty; 20

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ 1990, 岩波古語辞典補訂版 (Iwanami Kogo Jiten Hoteiban) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

Korean

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Hanja in this term

Numeral

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二十 (isip) (hangeul 이십)

  1. hanja form? of 이십 (twenty)