廿

廿 (radical 55, 廾+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 廿 (T), four-corner 4477₀, composition ⿻一凵)

• KangXi: page 353, character 10
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9586
• Dae Jaweon: page 668, character 9
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 59, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5EFF

The pronunciation in most dialects is a contraction of 二十. The irregular pronunciation (e.g. /nVm/) dates from the Song dynasty, to avoid homophony with a vulgar word; see 入.

廿

1. twenty

• In Mandarin, it is sometimes pronounced èrshí (二十)

• 二十 (èrshí)
• 卅 (sà), 卌 (xì)

• “Entry #799”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

1. twenty

• Go-on: にゅう (nyū)^{←にふ (nifu, historical)}
• Kan-on: じゅう (jū)^{←じふ (zifu, historical)}
• Kun: にじゅう (nijū, 廿)^{←にじふ (nizifu, historical)}; はたち (hatachi, 廿)

• 廿 (はつ)日 (か) (hatsuka)
• 廿 (はつ)日 (か)市 (いち) (Hatsukaichi)

廿 (hiragana にじゅう, rōmaji nijū, historical hiragana にじふ)

1. Alternative spelling of 二十 (nijū): twenty, 20

廿 (hiragana にじゅう, rōmaji nijū, historical hiragana にじふ)

1. Alternative spelling of 二十 (nijū): a twenty-year-old

廿 (hiragana はたち, rōmaji hatachi)

1. Alternative spelling of 二十歳 (hatachi): a twenty-year-old

廿 (hiragana はたち, rōmaji Hatachi)

1. a surname

1. Source: EDICT and KANJIDIC files licensed by the Electronic Dictionaries Research Group.

廿 (eum 입 (ip))

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廿: Hán Nôm readings: niệm, trấp, trập, nhập, chấp

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