十

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ten

On-Yomi: ジュウ、ジッ、ジュッ — Kun-Yomi: とお、と

Elements:

ten, needle

Heisig story:

Turn this character 45 degrees either way and you have the x used for the Roman numeral ten.

Heisig comment:

* As a primitive, this character sometimes keeps its meaning of ten and sometimes signifies needle, this latter derived from the kanji for needle (Frame 292). Since the primitive is used in the kanji itself, there is no need to worry about confusing the two. In fact, we shall be following this procedure regularly.

Koohii stories:

1) [Christine_Tham] 24-7-2007(68): Two needles crossing marks the spot, or you can use the Roman character for ten (rotated 45 degrees).

2) [naur_caraniril] 11-10-2008(47): I scared away ten vampires with a single cross!

3) [vgambit] 23-6-2007(23): Ten looks like a plus sign.

4) [fernglas] 2-3-2009(21): A roman ten (X) standing on one leg.

5) [Kaithegreat] 31-7-2009(10): T for ten.

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