Characters · 2 strokes
十
shí ten
Where the shape comes from
A cross: the horizontal first, then the vertical through it. Ten is also the base for every number up to ninety nine.
Write it
Watch the order first, then trace it with the guide, then write it from memory. The model comes back over your strokes so you can see where the shape drifted.
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Stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi via Hanzi Writer, Arphic Public License.
Three words that use it
十一
shíyī
eleven
二十
èrshí
twenty
十分
shífēn
extremely
Watch out: the mistake people make
Confusing it with 四, sì, in speech. shí rises with the tongue curled back, sì falls with the tongue behind the teeth.