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數

shù, shǔ, shuò

number

Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 婁 represents the sound.

Components
攵 meaning component

攵  Meaning component

pū

  

tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

婁 sound component

婁  Sound component

lóu

  

surname

Evolution

數 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
數 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
數 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

数 (數) 

shù

number; several; count; fate; figure; CL:個|个[gè]

数 (數) 

shǔ

to count; to count as; to regard as; to enumerate (sb's shortcomings)

数 (數) 

shuò

frequently; repeatedly

Most common words with 數
Freq.
Word
Meaning

数

number

数据

data

数字

numeral

大多数

(great) majority

数量

amount

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

擻 藪

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*s-roʔ

srjuX

shǔ

count (v.)

*s-roʔ-s

srjuH

shù

number (n.)

*s-rok

sraewk

shuò

frequently


Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 74.0029% of movies

464th most common character in movies

231st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

15

Simplified

数

Unicode

U+6578

Shuowen

“數，計也。从攴，婁聲。”


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