Double Happiness
A commonly seen example is the [[Double Happiness (calligraphy)|double happiness]] symbol , formed as a ligature of and referred to by its disyllabic name (). In handwriting, numbers are very frequently squeezed into one space or combined – common ligatures include "niàn," "twenty", normally read as "èrshí," "sà," "thirty", normally read as "sānshí," and xì "forty", normally read as "sìshí". Calendars often use numeral ligatures in order to save space; for example, the "21st of March" can be read as "."