Chinese Character Wiki
算

suàn

count

Depicts a tool (具) made from bamboo (⺮) for performing calculations, such as an abacus.

Components
⺮ meaning component

⺮  Meaning component

zhú

  

bamboo

⺮ is a component form of 竹.

具 meaning component

具  Meaning component

jù

  

tool

Evolution

算 Seal script Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal script

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
算 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
算 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
算 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

算  

suàn

count, calculate, figure; plan; to regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute

Most common words with 算
Freq.
Word
Meaning

算

to figure

打算

to plan

算是

at last

计算

to count

就算

even if

Component uses

Sound component in 4 characters (0 verified)

篡 纂 篹 籑

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[s]ˤorʔ-s

swanH

suàn

calculate; tally


Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 92.3274% of movies

280th most common character in movies

403rd most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

14

Unicode

U+7B97

Shuowen

“算，數也，从竹，从具，讀若筭。”


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