[[Characters]] #Characters \ #Abstract-Concepts \ #Quantity # 廿 niàn twenty ## Components [[艹 (cǎo)]] [[一 yī]] [[一 (yī)]] ## Meaning Today, the character 廿 (niàn) is primarily used as a numerical character to represent the number twenty in written Chinese. It is commonly seen in formal and informal writing, as well as in various contexts where numbers are used, such as dates, counting, and measurements. ## History The character 廿 (niàn) is an ideographic compound character. It resembles two tens connected together, representing twenty. In the ancient script, two horizontal strokes each had a dot on them. In the seal script, these two dots were connected horizontally. 廿 is used as a numerical character to represent the number twenty. ## Evolution ### Oracular Script ![[廿 - ora.svg]] ### Bronze Script ![[廿 bronce.svg]] ### Seal Script ![[廿 sello.svg]] ### Clerical Script ![[廿 cle.svg]] ### Regular Script ![[廿 reh 1.svg]]