IDENTITY
数shùnumber; to count
HSK 2Top 200
CORE MEANING
number; to count
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.number; mathematicsHSK2
- 2.to count (shǔ)HSK3
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 攵strike radical (pū)
- strokes
- 13
- Structure
- left-right compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿰娄攵
- gives the sound shǔ/shù (historical)
- the counting hand
USAGE
Common words
数学shùxuémathematics
数字shùzìnumber; digit
数量shùliàngquantity
Graded examples
我喜欢数学课。Wǒ xǐhuan shùxué kè.HSK2
I like math class.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
A hand (攵) tallying baskets (娄) — counting, numbers. (From 數.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #200
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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