廿

See also: 廾

廿	U+5EFF, 廿 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5EFF

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廿

Translingual edit

Stroke order

Han character edit

廿 (Kangxi radical 55, 廾+1, 4 strokes, cangjie input 廿 (T), four-corner 4477₀, composition ⿵卄一)

Derived characters edit

𣲟, 𨑬, 𥾰, 𧺧, 𧿰, 𠦜, 𣢓, 𩑪, 𠃟, 𣏼, 炗, 革, 㒼, 堇, 黃, 嬊, 㷼, 燕, 鷰, 卋, 𦬵, 𠂺, 𠀠, 枽
甘, 丗, 度, 席, 庹, 庶, 庻, 㢜, 𣂷

References edit

Kangxi Dictionary: page 353, character 10
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9586
Dae Jaweon: page 668, character 9
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 59, character 2
Unihan data for U+5EFF

Chinese edit

simp. and trad.		廿
alternative forms		卄廾念

Glyph origin edit

Historical forms of the character 廿
Shang	Western Zhou	Warring States	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Chu slip and silk script	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Etymology edit

The pronunciation in most dialects is a contraction of 二十 (èrshí). The irregular pronunciation (e.g. /nVm/) dates back to the Song dynasty, to avoid homophony with a vulgar word; see 入 (rù) (now commonly written as 日 (rì) in dialects).

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): niàn (nian⁴)
(Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jaa⁶, je⁶, jap⁶, nim⁶
Eastern Min (BUC): nĭk / niék / niêng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): jia̍p / lia̍p
(Teochew, Peng'im): riab⁸ / rih⁸ / niam⁶
(Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): yib⁸
Wu (Wugniu)
- (Northern): ⁶gnie; ⁶ne / ⁶gnie

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: niàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: niàn
  - Wade–Giles: nien⁴
  - Yale: nyàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: niann
  - Palladius: нянь (njanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯ɛn⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jaa⁶, je⁶, jap⁶, nim⁶
  - Yale: yah, yeh, yahp, nihm
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jaa⁶, je⁶, jap⁹, nim⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: ya⁶, yé⁶, yeb⁶, nim⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jaː²²/, /jɛː²²/, /jɐp̚²/, /niːm²²/

Note: jap6, nim6 - rare.

Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: nĭk / niék / niêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /nˡiʔ⁵/, /nˡiɛʔ²⁴/, /nˡiɛŋ²⁴²/

Note:

nĭk/niék - colloquial;
niêng - literary.

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: jia̍p
  - Tâi-lô: jia̍p
  - Phofsit Daibuun: jiap
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ziap̚⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /d͡ziap̚¹²¹/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Taipei, Xiamen, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lia̍p
  - Tâi-lô: lia̍p
  - Phofsit Daibuun: liap
  - IPA (Taipei, Xiamen): /liap̚⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou, Philippines): /liap̚²⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: riab⁸ / rih⁸ / niam⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: jia̍p / ji̍h / niăm
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /d͡ziap̚⁴/, /d͡ziʔ⁴/, /niam³⁵/
- (Leizhou)
  - Leizhou Pinyin: yib⁸
  - Sinological IPA: /zip̚²/
Wu
- (Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gnie; ⁶ne
  - MiniDict: nyae^去; ne^去
  - Dictionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³nyie; ³ne
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /n̠ʲie²³/, /ne²³/
- (Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁶gnie
  - MiniDict: nye^去
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /n̠ʲɪ²³¹/

Middle Chinese: nyip

Rime
Character	廿
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	日 (38)
Final (韻)	侵 (141)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	人執切
Baxter	nyip
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ȵiɪp̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ȵip̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ȵʑjep̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ȵip̚/
Li Rong	/ȵiəp̚/
Wang Li	/ȵʑĭĕp̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ȵʑi̯əp̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	rì
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jap⁶

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*n[ə]p/
(Zhengzhang): /*njɯb/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	廿
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	niàn
Middle Chinese	‹ nyip ›
Old Chinese	/*n[ə]p/
English	twenty (fused variant of 二十) (Sagart & Ma, 2020)
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	廿
Reading #	1/1
No.	9487
Phonetic component	廿
Rime group	緝
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	入
Old Chinese	/*njɯb/
Notes	二十合音，宋後音變讀念

Definitions edit

廿

twenty

Usage notes edit

In Mandarin, 二十 (èrshí) is usually used. 廿 (niàn) is more commonly used in describing dates of the Chinese calendar.

Compounds edit

幾廿歲人／几廿岁人 (gei² jaa⁶ seoi³ jan⁴) (Cantonese)
廿一 (niànyī)
廿七 (niànqī)
廿三 (niànsān)
廿九 (niànjiǔ)
廿二 (niàn'èr)
廿五 (niànwǔ)
廿八 (niànbā)
廿六 (niànliù)
廿四 (niànsì)
廿字頭／廿字头 (niànzìtóu)

References edit

“Entry #799”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese edit

Kanji edit

廿

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names)

(dated) twenty

Readings edit

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, 廿, historical)}; はたち (hatachi, 廿)

Compounds edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
廿
にじゅう Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Numeral edit

廿(にじゅう) • (nijū) ^{←にじふ (nizifu)^?}

(dated) Alternative spelling of 二十 (nijū): twenty, 20

Noun edit

廿(にじゅう) • (nijū) ^{←にじふ (nizifu)^?}

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

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
廿
はたち Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Noun edit

廿(はたち) • (hatachi)

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

Proper noun edit

廿(はたち) • (Hatachi)

a surname

Korean edit

Hanja edit

廿 (eumhun 스물 입 (seumul ip))
廿 (eumhun 이십 입 (isip ip))

twenty; twentieth

Vietnamese edit

Han character edit

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

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廿

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