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fortieth

HSK 10
Abstract →Numbers
xì
シュウ
よんじゅう、しじゅう
Four tally marks; compare ten 十, twenty 廿, and thirty 卅
Components
一 one =
卌 fortieth
一 Meaning component
yī one
Notes
Similar Characters
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Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
卌
Regular
Modern
Chinese
卌 [xì]
forty
Japanese
４０ 、 四十 、 四〇 、 四拾 、 卌 よんじゅう 、 しじゅう 、 よそ (old) 同音
numeric forty; 40
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
アインシュタインが死んでからほぼ四十年になる。
Einstein has been dead for nearly forty years.
JAPANESE WORDS (1)
⭐ ４０ [よんじゅう] #3,510
forty