廿(niàn)

4 strokes

twenty

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
niàn
Meaning
twenty
Strokes
4
HSK level
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 廿 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿻廾一

Two tens 十 side by side

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged overlaid.

How to write 廿 step by step

4 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 廿

Common words using 廿 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

the twenty-eight constellations; also written 二十八宿[er4 shi2 ba1 xiu4]

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

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