数

数

See also: 數

数 U+6570, 数 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6570 ← 敯 [U+656F] CJK Unified Ideographs 敱 → [U+6571]

Translingual

Stroke order

Japanese	数
Simplified	数
Traditional	數

Han character

数 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+9, 13 strokes, cangjie input 火女人大 (FVOK), four-corner 9844₀, composition ⿰娄攵)

Derived characters

• 𫣫, 𪢒, 擞, 𥐈, 𬳛, 薮, 𥨧, 䉤, 𡦤, 𫻍

Related characters

• 數 (Orthodox traditional form)

Further reading

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

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Chinese

Glyph origin

Unorthodox variant of 數, attested since Ming dynasty. Simplified from 數 (婁 → 娄).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 数 – see 數 (“to count; to enumerate; to be reckoned as; etc.”). (This character, 数, is the simplified and variant form of 數.)

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

References

• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A01739-001#34

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Japanese

Shinjitai	数
Kyūjitai	數

Kanji

数

(grade 2 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 數)

Readings

• Go-on: しゅ (shu)^{←しゆ (syu, historical)}; そく (soku)
• Kan-on: す (su, Jōyō ^†); さく (saku); しょく (shoku)^{←しよく (syoku, historical)}
• Kan’yō-on: すう (sū, Jōyō)
• Kun: かぞえる (kazoeru, 数える, Jōyō)^{←かぞへる (kazoferu, historical)}; かず (kazu, 数, Jōyō); せめる (semeru, 数める); しばしば (shibashiba, 数)

Compounds

• 数(じゅ)珠(ず) (juzu), 数(ず)珠(ず) (zuzu), 数(じゅ)珠(じゅ) (juju)
• 数(す)奇(き)屋(や) (sukiya)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
数
かず Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
數 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) か​ず [káꜜzù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ka̠zɨᵝ]

Noun

数(かず) • (kazu) 

1. number; amount

   人(ひと)の数(かず)

   hito no kazu

   number of people

   夜(よ)空(ぞら)の星(ほし)の数(かず)

   yozora no hoshi no kazu

   the number of stars in the night sky

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 数(かず)々(かず), 数(かず)数(かず) (kazukazu)
• 数(かず)的(てき) (kazuteki)
• 数(かず)札(ふだ) (kazufuda)
• 数(かず)矢(や) (kazuya)
• 御(お)数(かず) (okazu)
• 口(くち)数(かず) (kuchikazu)
• 人(ひと)数(かず) (hitokazu)
• 数(カズ)歯(ハ)巨(ゴン)頭(ドウ) (kazuhagondō)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
数
すう Grade: 2
kan’yōon

Alternative spelling
數 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 數 (MC ʃɨo^X, ʃɨo^H).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
• (Tokyo) す​う [súꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
• IPA^(key): [sɨᵝː]

Noun

数(すう) • (sū) 

1. (mathematics) number

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 数(すう)学(がく) (sūgaku, “mathematics”)
• 数(すう)字(じ) (sūji)
• 数(すう)式(しき) (sūshiki)
• 数(すう)値(ち) (sūchi)
• 数(すう)的(てき) (sūteki)
• 数(すう)独(どく) (sūdoku, “sudoku”)
• 数(すう)量(りょう) (sūryō)
• 奇(き)数(すう) (kisū)
• 偶(ぐう)数(すう) (gūsū)
• 件(けん)数(すう) (kensū)
• 軒(けん)数(すう) (kensū)
• 口(こう)数(すう) (kōsū)
• 算(さん)数(すう) (sansū)
• 実(じっ)数(すう) (jissū, “real number”)
• 除(じょ)数(すう) (josū)
• 乗(じょう)数(すう) (jōsū)
• 整(せい)数(すう) (seisū, “integer”)
• 多(た)数(すう) (tasū)
• 対(たい)数(すう) (taisū, “logarithm”)
• 丁(ちょう)数(すう) (chōsū)
• 坪(つぼ)数(すう) (tsubosū)
• 定(てい)数(すう) (teisū, “constant”)
• 人(にん)数(ずう) (ninzū), 人(にん)数(ず) (ninzu)
• 年(ねん)数(すう) (nensū)
• 端(は)数(すう) (hasū)
• 複(ふく)数(すう), 復(ふく)数(すう) (fukusū)
• 変(へん)数(すう) (hensū, “variable”)
• 枚(まい)数(すう) (maisū)
• 自(し)然(ぜん)数(すう) (shizensū, “natural number”)
• 助(じょ)数(すう)詞(し) (josūshi, “counter word”)
• 複(ふく)素(そ)数(すう) (fukusosū, “complex number”)

Prefix

数(すう) • (sū-) 

1. several

   数(すう)百(ひゃく)人(にん)

   sūhyakunin

   several hundred people

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 数(すう)隻(せき) (sūseki)
• 数(すう)匹(ひき) (sūhiki)
• 数(すう)百(ひゃく) (sūhyaku)
• 数(すう)百(ひゃく)万(まん) (sūhyakuman)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
数
しばしば Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
數 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 数 – see the following entry.

【しばしば】 [adverb] (literary) often, frequently, repeatedly, again and again, every so often Alternative spellings 屡, 屡々, 数, 数々

(This term, 数, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

1. 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō

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Korean

Hanja

数 (eumhun 셀 수 (sel su))

1. Alternative form of 數 (“Hanja form^? of 수 (“number”).”)

References

• Zonmal.com Hanja Dictionary (존말닷컴 한자사전／漢字辭典) (2002-2005).

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Vietnamese

Han character

数: Hán Việt readings: số[1][2]
数: Nôm readings: số[1][2], sổ[1][2], sộ[1][2], sỗ[2], xọ[2]

1. Alternative form of 數

References

1. Nguyễn et al. (2009).
2. Trần (2004).