Zi Collection, Page Position: Lower Radical: Ten (shí) Kangxi stroke count: 3 Page 155, Entry 20 Jade Chapters (Yupian): Pronounced shi. Means twenty combined. Now directly written as the character for twenty. Broad Rhymes (Guangyun): The character nian, pronounced ru. Now written as the character for twenty. Rhyme Compilation (Jiyun), Rhyme Meetings (Yunhui): Written as the character nian. Explicating Written Characters (Shuowen): Nian means twenty combined. This is a simplified ancient form. Xu Says: Since ancient times, the character for twenty has been simplified by combining the strokes into the character nian.