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Definition
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ten
现在是十点十分.It's now 10:10.
- 10
- topmost
- radical (Kang Xi 24)
- graphic component (often seen in other characters)
- complete
- full
- perfect
Compounds (60)
dry; to dry; empty; to concern; phonetic component; hollow; in vain; for nothing; to no purpose; taken into nominal kinship; to interfere; shield; stem
to manage; to work; to do; component (to work); radical (Kang Xi 51); capable; able; cadre; stem; trunk (tree); main part (of something); to kill (slang); to fuck (vulgar)
tree; wood; meaning component (plants, wood and more largely things made of wood); radical (Kang Xi 75); coffin; wooden; simple; numb; one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音
earth; graphic and meaning component (dirt, dust, earth, land...); soil; land; ground; dust; clay; local; indigenous; homemade; native; crude opium; unsophisticated; unrefined; unenlightened; one of the eight ancient musical instruments 八音; radical (Kang Xi 32)
straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; directly; continuously (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical
to support; to prop (up); to put up; to sustain; to bear; to erect; to raise; to protude; to draw (money); to put (somebody) off; to send away; branch; division; radical (Kang Xi 65); classifier (for rods such as pens and guns; for long, thin or inflexible objects; for army divisions, troops, fleets, sports teams and so on; for songs and musical compositions); graphic component; measure word
to fight; to struggle; radical (Kang Xi 68); to condemn; to censure; to contend; to put together; coming together
to search; to demand; to ask; to exact; (large) rope; cable; chord; chain; all alone; isolated; all by oneself; dull; insipid
shield; (currency) Vietnamese dong; currency unit of several countries (Indonesian rupiah, Dutch gulden etc)
bitter; hot; pungent (of taste) ; meaning component (crime, criminal law, spicy); radical (Kang Xi 160); hard; laborious; suffering; eighth in order; eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干; letter "H" or roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; ancient Chinese compass point: 285°; octa
see see 韍[fu2]; (a kind of) clothing (in ancient China); (a kind of) clothing (in ancient China)
Related words (128)
same as 天干; the 10 heavenly stems 甲, 乙, 丙, 丁, 戊, 己, 庚, 辛, 壬, 癸 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number like Roman I, II, III)
the 12 earthly branches 子, 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers)
twelve divisions of the day of early Chinese and Babylonian time-keeping and astronomy
the Baidu 10 mythical creatures (a set of hoax animals and puns linked to PRC Internet censorship)
the Shanghai of old, with its foreign settlements; (fig.) a bustling, cosmopolitan city
one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp; sporadic effort; short attention span
one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. to work for a bit then skimp; sporadic effort; lack of sticking power; short attention span
(lit.) if one is fake, I shall compensate you for ten of them; (fig.) (of goods) 100% genuine
thirty eighth parallel; dividing line agreed at Yalta between US and Soviet zones of influence in Korea, now the DMZ between North and South Korea
the 24 solar terms, calculated from the position of the sun on the ecliptic, that divide the year into 24 equal periods
regardless of the consequences; recklessly relying on a hopelessly optimistic forecast
28-spotted ladybird; hadda beetle; Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata
Idioms (13)
to have no need to fend for oneself (idiom); to lead a pampered life
(lit.) count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
(lit.) to hear one and know ten (idiom); fig. explain one thing and (he) understands everything; a word to the wise
three sevens are twenty-one (idiom); the facts of the matter; the actual situation
(lit.) a girl changes eighteen times between childhood and womanhood (idiom); (fig.) a young woman is very different from the little girl she once was
the one who has retreated 50 steps laughs at the one who has retreated 100 steps (idiom); the pot calls the kettle black
(lit.) ninety li is merely a half of a hundred li journey (idiom); (fig.) the closer one is to completing a task, the tougher it gets; a task is not done until it's done
once bitten twice shy; bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom)
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