Kanji Detail for 廿 - "twenty"

廿

Jinmeiyō Kanji

Meaning

廿 means "twenty." Also associated with twice ten.
1. Twenty - The number 20; twice ten.
2. Score - A group of twenty.
Tattoo check: 廿
- Verified meaning: twenty
- Jinmeiyō kanji — officially approved for use in Japanese given names
- Used in real Japanese given names (read つづら, はたち)
- Also carries these associations: twice ten
A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.
Name readings of 廿

Surnames 廿(つづら) 廿(はたち)
Dictionary Citations

The meaning above is based on the following sources:

KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

twenty

Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

twenty, twentieth

CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

twenty

Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

twenty, twentieth

XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

Twenty combined. Now read like 念. Also written as 廾.
Onyomi

juu(ジュウ)

nyuu(ニュウ)
Kunyomi

nijuu(にじゅう)
Strokes

4 strokes
Radical

十 (ju)
Related Keywords

twenty twice ten score number