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, 𱘊, 擞, 𰘸, 𥐈, 𬳛, 𲌔, 薮, 𥨧, 䉤, 𡦤, 𫻍

Related characters

• 數 (Orthodox traditional form)

Further reading

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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

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 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

Japanese

Shinjitai	数
Kyūjitai	數

Kanji

数

(Second grade 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, 数へる, 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

• (Tokyo) かず [káꜜzù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠zɨ]

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)

Proper noun

数(かず) • (Kazu) 

1. a surname

Etymology 2

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

Alternative spelling
數 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 數 (MC srjuX|srjuH).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) すう [súꜜù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [sɨː]

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, 数々

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

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). [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

数: Hán Việt readings: số
数: Nôm readings: số, sổ, sộ, sỗ, xọ

1. Alternative form of 數