<p>Besides One to Ten and 整(正) you've mentioned, there are also 佰(百), 仟(千), 圆(元). </p>

<p>This <a href="http://baike.baidu.com/view/680862.htm" rel="nofollow">page</a> also have some other funny numerical characters, such as 廿 as 20, 卅 as 30, and 皕 as 200. </p>

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<p>Many languages have uppercase and lowercase forms. English for example has lowercase <code>a</code> and uppercase <code>A</code>. Letters written in uppercase are known as being capitalized. Chinese, also, does have a form of <em>"capitalization"</em>.</p>

<p>Numbers for example are considered to have <strong>lowercase</strong> and <strong>uppercase</strong>, uppercase numbers zero to ten including the following common characters:</p>

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  <p>零、壹、贰、叁、肆、伍、陆、柒、捌、玖、拾</p>
</blockquote>

<p>What other forms of capitalization, or uppercase, exist in Chinese?</p>

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Capitalization in Chinese
# Capitalization in Chinese

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-12-14)

Many languages have uppercase and lowercase forms. English for example has lowercase `a` and uppercase `A`. Letters written in uppercase are known as being capitalized. Chinese, also, does have a form of *"capitalization"*.

Numbers for example are considered to have **lowercase** and **uppercase**, uppercase numbers zero to ten including the following common characters:

> 零、壹、贰、叁、肆、伍、陆、柒、捌、玖、拾

What other forms of capitalization, or uppercase, exist in Chinese?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2014-12-14. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

Besides One to Ten and 整(正) you've mentioned, there are also 佰(百), 仟(千), 圆(元).

This [page](http://baike.baidu.com/view/680862.htm) also have some other funny numerical characters, such as 廿 as 20, 卅 as 30, and 皕 as 200.


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