Suzhou numeral

English

0–9 in handwritten Suzhou numerals

Etymology

A calque of Chinese 蘇州碼子／苏州码子 (Sūzhōu mǎzi), from their use at the formerly important market town of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province. Mistakenly entered into Unicode as "Hangzhou numerals", which Unicode's policy precludes changing.

Noun

Suzhou numeral (plural Suzhou numerals)

1. A system of Chinese numerals based on Southern Song rod numerals.

Hypernyms

• Chinese numerals, rod numerals

Hyponyms

• 〇, 〡, 〢, 〣, 〤, 〥, 〦, 〧, 〨, 〩, 〸, 〹, 〺

Translations

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• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蘇州碼子／苏州码子 (zh) (Sūzhōu mǎzi), 花碼／花码 (huāmǎ), 草碼／草码 (cǎomǎ), 菁仔碼／菁仔码 (jīngzǐmǎ), 番仔碼／番仔码 (fānzǐmǎ), 商碼／商码 (shāngmǎ).

• Finnish: Suzhou-numerot