廿 - niàn - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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4 strokes
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廿

niàn

Definition

twenty (in a limited number of set expressions)
20
also written using banker's character 念

Character Decomposition

Compounds (9)

黃

huáng

yellow; radical (Kang Xi 201); pornographic; to fall through

度

dù

to pass; to spend (time); occasion; time; measure; limit; extent; degree of intensity; degree (angles, temperature etc); kilowatt-hour; classifier (for events and occurrences); measure word

世

shì

life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime; epoch; descendant; noble

席

xí

woven mat; seat; banquet; place in a democratic assembly; classifier (for banquets, conversations etc); measure word

革

gé

leather; meaning component (leather, leather products); radical (Kang Xi 177); animal hide; to reform; to remove; to expel (from office)

庶

shù

numerous; common people (or populace); born of a concubine

庹

tuǒ

length of 2 outstretched arms

度

duó

to estimate; Taiwan pr. [duo4]

燕

yàn

swallow (type of bird); banquet; feast; entertain at a banquet; fete; enjoy; repose; confort

Related words (2)

廿八躔

niàn bā chán

the twenty-eight constellations; also written 二十八宿

廿四史

niàn sì shǐ

twenty four dynastic histories (or 25 or 26 in modern editions); same as 二十四史

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