十 Ten

Radical Combination

• 十

  Cross

Meaning

Primary

Ten

Mnemonic

This cross is the symbol for the number ten. A good way to remember this is to think about all the religions that have crosses and also important sets of tens.

Hints

If you're familiar with Christianity, they have a cross and ten commandments. Cross = ten, you see?

Readings

On’yomi

じゅう

Kun’yomi

とお

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

This cross in particular has ten jewels (じゅう) on it. Two on each arm and two in the middle. That's ten jewels!

Hints

Picture the jewels on this cross. Maybe draw it out on a piece of paper so the visual really sticks. Each cross is really a symbol for different sets of ten things, and in this case, it's ten jewels.