Chinese symbol for “fifteen”
十五
shí wǔ
fifteen; 15
The closest CC-CEDICT match for fifteen is 十五 (shí wǔ), defined as: fifteen; 15.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 十五.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 十分 | shí fēn | very; completely |
| 十八 | shí bā | eighteen; 18 |
| 十九 | shí jiǔ | nineteen; 19 |
| 十二 | shí èr | twelve; 12 |
| 二十 | èr shí | twenty; 20 |
| 第五 | dì wǔ | fifth |
| 五十 | wǔ shí | fifty |
| 五行 | wǔ xíng | five phases of Chinese philosophy: wood 木, fire 火, earth 土, metal 金, water 水 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “fifteen”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.