Today’s first #kanji is #十, which makes its own radical. Many of my students write the vertical line first like the letter “t” but the horizontal one should be first.
Meaning: 10 (ten), many, all
Reading: ジュウ（ジュッ）、とお（not とう）、と
十（ジュウ、とお）: 10 (ten)
十分（ジュウブン）: enough, sufficient
十八番（ジュウハチバン）: the eighteenth, No. 18
十時十分（ジュウジジュップン）: 10 minutes past 10 (time)
十月十日（ジュウガツとおか）: October the tenth
十人十色（ジュウニンといろ）: Everyone is different. | There is no accounting for tastes.
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十六夜（いさよい、いざよい、ジュウロクヤ）: the sixteenth night (of the lunar month); the night after the full moon.
十八番（おはこ）: a person’s favourite trick, one’s specialty
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