十

• Numeric: Ten; tenth.
• Qualitative: Complete, perfect, entire, or without deficiency. In contexts of ritual, cosmology, or ethics, it often signals the totality of a system rather than a literal count.
• Intensive: When used in expressions of multiplication (e.g., "ten-fold"), it can function as a general intensive meaning "vastly" or "greatly."

Unlike 百 (hundred) or 千 (thousand), which are often used to denote an indefinite large quantity, 十 specifically implies the completion of a decimal unit—a finished whole.

U+62FE is a formal variant; it does not alter semantic value.

Distinguish between literal counting and the use of "ten" as a proxy for completeness. If a literal numeric translation results in an unnatural reading, consider whether the glyph refers to the limit or closure of a set.