数

See also 數

Translingual

Han character

数 (radical 66 攴+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 火女人大 (FVOK))

1. number
2. several, count
3. fate

References

• KangXi: not present, would follow page 474, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13319
• Dae Jaweon: page 827, character 26
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1470, character 19
• Unihan data for U+6570

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Cantonese

Hanzi

数 (traditional 數, jyutping sou3, sou2, Yale sou2, sou3)

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Japanese

Noun

数 (hiragana かず, romaji kazu)
数 (hiragana すう, romaji sū)

1. number

Kanji

数 (grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. number

Readings

• On: すう (sū), しゅ (shu), す (su)
• Kun: かぞえる (数える, kazoeru), かず (kazu), せめる (semeru)

Usage notes

May be used alone in on to mean number or to form many compounds, such as 数学 (すうがく sūgaku) - mathematics (literally "number study")

Compounds

数学 (すうがく, sūgaku): mathematics 数独 (すうどく, sūdoku): sudoku 自然数 (しぜんすう, shizensū): natural number 整数 (せいすう, seisū): integer 実数 (じっすう, jissū): real number

複素数 (ふくそすう, fukusosū): complex number 対数 (たいすう, taisū): logarithm 変数 (へんすう, hensū): variable 定数 (ていすう, teisū): constant 助数詞 (じょすうし, josūshi): counter word

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Korean

Hanja

数 (hangeul 수, 촉, revised su, chok, McCune-Reischauer su, ch'ok, Yale swu, chok)

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Mandarin

Pronunciation

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Hanzi

数 (traditional 數, pinyin shǔ (shu3), shù (shu4), shuò (shuo4), cù (cu4), Wade-Giles shu³, shu⁴, shuo⁴, ts'u⁴)

Compounds

• 数学 (shu4 xue2) - mathematics

Usage notes

When it is used alone and pronounced as shu4, it means "numbers". But if it is pronounced as shu3, it means the action of counting (used as a verb).