See also:
U+6570, 数
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6570

[U+656F]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+6571]

Translingual

Stroke order
Japanese
Simplified
Traditional

Han character

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

Derived characters

  • 𫣫, 𪢒, 𱘊, , 𰘸, 𥐈, 𬳛, 𲌔, , 𥨧, , 𡦤, 𫻍

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 , attested since Ming dynasty. Simplified from ().

Definitions

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

References

Japanese

Shinjitai

Kyūjitai

Kanji

(Second grade kyōiku kanjishinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form )

Readings

Compounds

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
かず
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

(かず) • (kazu

  1. number; amount
    (ひと)(かず)
    hito no kazu
    number of people
    ()(ぞら)(ほし)(かず)
    yozora no hoshi no kazu
    the number of stars in the night sky
Derived terms

Proper noun

(かず) • (Kazu

  1. a surname

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
すう
Grade: 2
kan'yōon
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese (MC srjuX|srjuH).

Pronunciation

Noun

(すう) • (

  1. (mathematics) number
Derived terms

Prefix

(すう) • (sū-

  1. several
    (すう)(ひゃく)(にん)
    hyakunin
    several hundred people
Derived terms
  • (すう)(せき) (sūseki)
  • (すう)(ひき) (sūhiki)
  • (すう)(ひゃく) (sūhyaku)
  • (すう)(ひゃく)(まん) (sūhyakuman)

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
しばしば
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
(kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
しばしば
[adverb] (literary) often, frequently, repeatedly, again and again, every so often
Alternative spellings
, 屡々, 数々
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō

Korean

Hanja

(eumhun (sel su))

  1. alternative form of (hanja form? of (number))

References

  • Zonmal.com Hanja Dictionary (존말닷컴 한자사전/漢字辭典) (2002-2005). [1]

Vietnamese

Han character

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

  1. alternative form of

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Nguyễn et al. (2009).
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Trần (2004).