卅

sà

一 + 川

Definitions

sà thirty

Etymology

Three vertical lines, representing three sets of ten (十).

About

The character 卅 is a ligature of three 十 (ten) components combined into a single glyph. Three vertical strokes represent three sets of ten, and a unifying horizontal stroke ties them together, directly visualizing the number thirty as 3 × 10. While everyday writing normally uses 三十, this compact ideograph still appears in formal contexts, historical dates, traditional calendars, and accounting, where its concise form is valued.

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Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)

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Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

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Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

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Bronze Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)

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Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)

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Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

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Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

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Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

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Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

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Example Sentences Hide

他今年卅岁了。

Tā jīnnián sà suì le.

He is thirty years old now.

这本书有卅页。

Zhè běn shū yǒu sà yè.

This book has thirty pages.

今天是五月卅日。

Jīntiān shì wǔ yuè sà rì.

Today is May 30th.

那个事件发生在卅年前。

Nàgè shìjiàn fāshēng zài sà nián qián.

That event happened thirty years ago.

我们学校有卅个教室。

Wǒmen xuéxiào yǒu sà gè jiàoshì.

Our school has thirty classrooms.

他用了卅分钟完成作业。

Tā yòngle sà fēnzhōng wánchéng zuòyè.

He used thirty minutes to complete his homework.

如果每天存卅元，一个月就能存九百元。

Rúguǒ měi tiān cún sà yuán, yī gè yuè jiù néng cún jiǔbǎi yuán.

If you save thirty yuan every day, you can save nine hundred yuan in a month.

经过卅年的努力，他终于实现了梦想。

Jīngguò sà nián de nǔlì, tā zhōngyú shíxiàn le mèngxiǎng.

After thirty years of effort, he finally realized his dream.

Related Characters

Composed characters:

Component: 一

Component: 川

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