Chinese symbol for “thirteen”
十三
shí sān
thirteen; 13
The closest CC-CEDICT match for thirteen is 十三 (shí sān), defined as: thirteen; 13.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 十三.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 十分 | shí fēn | very; completely |
| 十五 | shí wǔ | fifteen; 15 |
| 十八 | shí bā | eighteen; 18 |
| 十九 | shí jiǔ | nineteen; 19 |
| 十二 | shí èr | twelve; 12 |
| 二十 | èr shí | twenty; 20 |
| 三星 | sān xīng | three major stars of the Three Stars 参宿 (Shēn xiù) Chinese constellation; the belt of Orion |
| 三次 | sān cì | third; three times |
See also: Japanese symbol for “thirteen”.
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.