Word Meaning 十三

じゅうさん juusan

十三 is read as じゅうさん (juusan) and means king.

Meaning

English

  1. king
  2. thirteen
  3. 13

Reading

Kana

じゅうさん

Romaji

juusan

Writing Variants

  • 13 じゅうさん juusan
  • 一三 じゅうさん juusan

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 5 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 11108 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

十三仏

じゅうさんぶつ

the thirteen buddhas, bodhisattvas and wisdom kings

十三階段

じゅうさんかいだん

gallows

十三回忌

じゅうさんかいき

12th anniversary of one's death

三十

みそ

thirty

三十日

みそか

last day of the month

三十八度線

さんじゅうはちどせん

38th parallel (that demarcates North Korea and South Korea)

五十三次

ごじゅうさんつぎ

fifty-three stations on the Tōkaidō (Edo-Kyoto highway in Edo-period Japan)

神道十三派

しんとうじゅうさんぱ

the thirteen sects of Sect Shinto (Fuso-kyo, Taisha-kyo, Jikko-kyo, Konko-kyo, Kurozumi-kyo, Misogi-kyo, Ontake-kyo, Shinri-kyo, Shinshu-kyo, Shinto Shusei-ha, Shinto Taikyo, Taisei-kyo, Tenri-kyo)

三十戸

さんじっこ

thirty houses

一都一道二府四十三県

いっといちどうにふよんじゅうさんけん

one metropolis (Tokyo), one "circuit" (Hokkaido), two urban prefectures (Osaka and Kyoto) and 43 prefectures proper

坂東三十三所

ばんどうさんじゅうさんしょ

thirty-three sacred places in the Kanto region (which was previously known as Bandō)

三十六歌仙

さんじゅうろっかせん

the thirty-six immortal poets (of the Heian period; as named by Fujiwara no Kintō)

Example Sentences

7

She's thirty-three.

I keep thirteen cats.

April 1st, 2013 is a Monday.

Today is 23 November 2016.

Tom is still using the wallet I gave him on his thirteenth birthday.

Ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty.

Momoko counted the marbles: "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten" and then went silent. When her mother continued with "eleven, twelve, thirteen," she happily picked up with "fourteen, fifteen, sixteen."