TSUMUGU · TOCFL 1 (est.) · 字
十
ㄕˊ · shí
num — ten; fully
字源 FORM — what the parts do
十形one upright stroke in the oracle script — ten, drawn directly
One upright stroke wrote ten in the oracle script. Ten closes the count and stands for the full measure: 十分 — fully; 十全十美 — ten out of ten.
意 · Meanings
(本義)十— ten常用
→十分、十足— the full measure — utterly
(本義) original meaning · → ⇒ each arrow = one more step of extension
演 · Evolution
一豎先在腰上鼓出一點；抄得快了，點拉長成橫——十。
The upright stroke grew a dot at its waist; copied fast, the dot stretched into the crossbar — 十.