Free Online Kanji Etymology Dictionary
(A comprehensive Free Online Kanji Etymology Dictionary for the Web)
An Etymological Dictionary of Chinese Character Interpretations
By Lawrence J. Howell and Hikaru Morimoto
– Covering more than 6,500 Chinese characters as used in Japan –
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十 (2)
ジュウ
と; とお
S/B
BIS
SIS
The idea common to each of the ancient forms is that of pressing into a single unit in gathering → ten (← key unit in counting).
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