數

See also: 数

Translingual

Han character

數 (radical 66 攴+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中女人大 (LVOK), four-corner 5844₀, composition ⿰婁攵)

1. number
2. several
3. to count
4. fate

References

• KangXi: page 475, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13363
• Dae Jaweon: page 829, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1474, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6578

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Chinese

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trad.		數
simp.		数

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shù (shu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³, sou²
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): sṳ
• Min Nan (POJ): sò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: shù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ
    • Wade-Giles: shu⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuh
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sou³, sou²
    • Yale: sou, sóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou³, sou²
    • IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³/, /sou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ
    • IPA (Siyen, incl. Miaoli): /sɨ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: sò͘
    • IPA (Taipei): /sɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔ²¹/

Middle Chinese pronunciation (數, reconstructed)
Character (數), Pronunciation 1/3
Initial: 生 (21) Final: 虞 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Rising (X)			Fanqie: 所矩切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʃɨoX/	/ʂi̯uX/	/ʃioX/	/ʃioX/	/ʂuə̆X/	/ʃĭuX/	/ʃioX/
Character (數), Pronunciation 2/3
Initial: 生 (21) Final: 虞 Division: III			Openness: Closed Tone: Departing (H)			Fanqie: 色句切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʃɨoH/	/ʂi̯uH/	/ʃioH/	/ʃioH/	/ʂuə̆H/	/ʃĭuH/	/ʃioH/
Character (數), Pronunciation 3/3
Initial: 生 (21) Final: 覺 Division: II			Openness: Open Tone: Checked (Ø)			Fanqie: 所角切
Zhengzhang Shangfang	Bernard Karlgren	Li Rong	Pan Wuyun	Edwin Pulleyblank	Wang Li	Shao Rongfen
/ʃɣʌk̚/	/ʂɔk̚/	/ʃɔk̚/	/ʃɯɔk̚/	/ʂaɨwk̚/	/ʃɔk̚/	/ʃɔk̚/

Old Chinese pronunciation (數, reconstructed)
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character								Modern Beijing (Pinyin)								Middle Chinese								Old Chinese								English
數								shǔ								‹ srjuX ›								/*s-roʔ/								count (v.)
數								shù								‹ srjuH ›								/*s-roʔ-s/								number (n.)
數								shuò								‹ sræwk ›								/*s-rok/								frequently
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character					No.					Phonetic component					Rime group					Rime subdivision					Corresponding MC rime					Old Chinese					Notes
數					8506					婁					侯					0					數					/*sroʔ/
數					8508					婁					侯					0					捒					/*sros/
數					8512					婁					屋					0					朔					/*sroːɡ/

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Japanese

Kanji

數

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 数)

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Readings

• On: すう (sū), しゅ (shu)
• Kun: かぞえる (kazoeru), かず (kazu)

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Korean

Hanja

數 (su, sak) (hangeul 수, 삭, revised su, sak, McCune-Reischauer su, sak, Yale swu, sak)

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Compounds

• 數板 (수판, supan)

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Vietnamese

Han character

數 (sổ, số, sộ, sỗ, xọ)

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