十字

From a cross's graphical resemblance to the character 十 (shí, “ten”). Already used by the Liang dynasty for the "cross-shaped" sense.

Christian cross

Attested as early as 781 CE on the Xi'an Stele.

判十字以㝎四方，皷元風而生二氣。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

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判十字以㝎四方，皷元风而生二气。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: 大秦景教流行中國碑頌

Pàn shízì yǐ 㝎 sìfāng, 皷 yuán fēng ér shēng èr qì. [Pinyin]

He appointed the cross as the means for determining the four cardinal points, he moved the original spirit, and produced the two principles of nature.

十字

1. cross; crucifix
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 十 (shí),‎ 字 (zì).

十字

1. (attributive) cross-shaped

   • 君不見西陵田，從橫十字成陌阡。 [MSC, trad.]
     君不见西陵田，从横十字成陌阡。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: s:zh:樂府詩集/070卷#同前四首（梁•吳均）

     Jūn bùjiàn xīlíng tián, cónghéng shízì chéng mòqiān. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Compound of 十 (jū, “ten”) + 字 (ji, “letter, character”).

• (Tokyo) じゅ​うじ [júꜜùjì] (Atamadaka – [1])
• (Tokyo) じゅうじ [jùújí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑɨᵝːʑi]

十(じゅう)字(じ) • (jūji) ^{←じふじ (zifuzi)?}

1. ten characters
2. cross (shape)

   Synonym: 十文字 (jūmonji)

   • 1903, 泉鏡花, 二世の契‎, 青空文庫:

     唯(ただ)、彼(あ)のこはれ／″＼の停車場(ステエシヨン)のあとへ来(き)た時(とき)、雨露(あめつゆ)に曝(さら)された十字(じふじ)の里程標(りていへう)が、枯草(かれくさ)の中(なか)に、横(よこ)になつて居(ゐ)るのを見(み)て、何(なん)となく荒野(あれの)の中(なか)の磔柱(はりつけばしら)ででもあるやうに思(おも)つた。

     Tada, ano kowaregoware no sutēshon no ato e kita toki, ametsuyu ni sarasareta jūji no riteihyō ga, karekusa no naka ni, yoko ni natte iru no o mite, nan to naku areno no naka no haritsukebashira de de mo aru yō ni omotta.

     But when I came to the ruins of that dilapidated station, I saw a weather-beaten, cross-shaped milepost lying on its side on withered grass, and somehow it seemed like a crucifixion cross in the wilderness.

3. (Christianity) sign of the cross

   十字(じゅうじ)を切(き)る

   jūji o kiru

   to cross oneself

4. Short for 十字架 (jūjika).

十字 • (sipja) (hangeul 십자)

1. Hanja form^? of 십자 (“cross”).

十字

1. chữ Hán form of thập tự (“cross”).