十字

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Chinese

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ten
letter; symbol; character
letter; symbol; character; word
 
simp. and trad.
(十字)

Etymology

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From a cross's graphical resemblance to the character (shí, “ten”). Already used by the Liang dynasty for the "cross-shaped" sense.

Christian cross
Attested as early as 781 CE on the Xi'an Stele.
十字四方 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
十字四方 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: 大秦景教流行中國碑頌
Pàn shízì yǐ 㝎 sìfāng, 皷 yuán fēng ér shēng èr qì. [Pinyin]
He appointed the cross as the means for determining the four cardinal points, he moved the original spirit, and produced the two principles of nature.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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十字

  1. cross; crucifix
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see (shí),‎ ().

Derived terms

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Adjective

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十字

  1. (attributive) cross-shaped

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (十字):

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
じゅう
Grade: 1

Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

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From Middle Chinese compound 十字 (MC dzyip dziH)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(じゅう)() (jūjiじふじ (zifuzi)?

  1. ten characters
  2. cross (shape)
    Synonym: 十文字 (jūmonji)
    • 1903, 泉鏡花, 二世の契[1], 青空文庫:
      (ただ)()のこはれ/″\の停車場(ステエシヨン)のあとへ()(とき)雨露(あめつゆ)(さら)された十字(じふじ)里程標(りていへう)が、枯草(かれくさ)(なか)に、(よこ)になつて()るのを()て、(なん)となく荒野(あれの)(なか)磔柱(はりつけばしら)ででもあるやうに(おも)つた。
      Tada, ano kowaregoware no sutēshon no ato e kita toki, ametsuyu ni sarasareta jūji no riteihyō ga, karekusa no naka ni, yoko ni natte iru no o mite, nan to naku areno no naka no haritsukebashira de de mo aru yō ni omotta.
      But when I came to the ruins of that dilapidated station, I saw a weather-beaten, cross-shaped milepost lying on its side on withered grass, and somehow it seemed like a crucifixion cross in the wilderness.
  3. (Christianity) sign of the cross
    十字(じゅうじ)()
    jūji o kiru
    to cross oneself
  4. Short for 十字架 (jūjika).

Derived terms

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Korean

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Hanja in this term

Noun

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十字 (sipja) (hangeul 십자)

  1. hanja form? of 십자 (cross)

Vietnamese

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chữ Hán Nôm in this term

Noun

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十字

  1. chữ Hán form of thập tự (cross).