漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
数: number, strength
Also: fate, law, figures
JLPT N313 strokesGrade 2Your ink: 白 Not met
- 娄(form)
- 攵to strike(meaning)
攵 carries the meaning · 娄 is drawn in
13 strokes
Four readings, and the words that use each
スウsuu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 数学すうがくmathematics
- 数字すうじnumeral, number, figures
- 算数さんすうarithmetic
- 多数たすうgreat number, majority
- 少数しょうすうfew, minority
- 総数そうすうtotal (number)
- 奇数きすうodd number
- 偶数ぐうすうeven number
- 人数にんずうhead count
スsu · on'yomi
- 数寄屋すきやtea-ceremony arbor
かずkazu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 数かずnumber
かぞえるkazoeru · kun'yomi
- 数えるかぞえるcount [v.t.]
Also read サク, ソク, シュ, しばしば, せめる, わずらわしい, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)婁 (sound) + 攴 (meaning)
Source: Wiktionary, 數 (rev. 93387333), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Whack! A hand with a stick is ready to take command.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
娄
Also built on 娄
Also read スウ
4 kanji share this on'yomiAlso read ス
12 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side数 number · 攵
vs楼 watchtower · 木In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 數 · shù
Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 数. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 數.
- Simplified
- 数 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 數 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin shù most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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