numeric
twenty; 20
The number twenty. Used in counting, ages, dates, and quantities. The reading はた is obsolete and not used in modern Japanese.
彼は今年で二十歳になります。
He will be twenty years old this year.
このクラスには二十人の学生がいます。
There are twenty students in this class.
A single-character kanji for twenty, occasionally seen in traditional contexts or proper nouns.
Arabic numeral spelling, very common in horizontal writing and for dates, prices, etc.
Formal/legal kanji spelling (daiji) used to prevent forgery on documents like checks.
Mixed kanji-zero spelling, sometimes used in vertical writing or for stylistic effect.
Archaic variant of 廿; rarely encountered in modern Japanese.
Compound of 二 (ni, 'two') and 十 (jū, 'ten'). The obsolete reading はた is a native Japanese word for twenty.