數

Translingual

Japanese	数
Simplified	数
Traditional	數

Han character

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

References

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

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Chinese

trad.		數
simp.		数

Etymology 1

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǔ (shu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǔ
    • Wade–Giles: shu³
    • Yale: shǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuu
    • Palladius: шу (šu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sou²
    • Yale: sóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siàu
    • Tâi-lô: siàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau²¹/

Note: vernacular reading.

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 數 (數錢)	edit 數 (數量)
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʂu²¹⁴/	/ʂu⁵¹/
	Harbin	/ʂu²¹³/	/ʂu⁵³/
	Tianjin	/su¹³/	/su⁵³/
	Jinan	/ʂu⁵⁵/	/ʂu²¹/
	Qingdao	/ʂu⁵⁵/	/ʂu⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʂuo⁵³/	/ʂuo³¹²/
	Xi'an	/fu⁵³/	/fu⁴⁴/
	Xining	/fv̩⁵³/	/fv̩²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/su⁵³/	/su¹³/
	Lanzhou	/fu⁴⁴²/	/fu¹³/
	Ürümqi	/ʂu²¹³/ /fu²¹³/	/ʂu²¹³/ /fu²¹³/
	Wuhan	/səu⁴²/	/səu³⁵/
	Chengdu	/su⁵³/	/su¹³/
	Guiyang	/su⁴²/	/su²¹³/
	Kunming	/su⁵³/	/su²¹²/
	Nanjing	/su²¹²/	/su⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/sʊ²⁴/	/sʊ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/su⁵³/	/su⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/sz̩ʷ⁵³/	/sz̩ʷ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/su⁵³/	/su⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/su³⁵/	/su³⁵/
	Suzhou	/səu⁵¹/	/səu⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/su⁵³/	/su⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/sz̩³⁵/	/sɤu⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/su³⁵/	/su³²⁴/
	Tunxi	/səu³¹/	/səu⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/səu⁴¹/	/səu⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/səɯ⁴²/	/səɯ⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/su²¹³/	/su⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/su³¹/	/su⁵³/
	Taoyuan		/su⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/sou³⁵/	/sou³³/
	Nanning	/su³⁵/	/su³³/
	Hong Kong	/sou³⁵/	/sou³³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/sɔ⁵³/ /siau²¹/	/sɔ²¹/ /siau²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/sou²¹²/	/sou²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/su³³/	/su³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/siau²¹³/	/siau²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/tiau³⁵/	/to³⁵/ /tiau³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: srjuX

Rime
Character	數
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	所矩切
Baxter	srjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɨoX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃioX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃioX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂuə̆X/
Li Rong	/ʃioX/
Wang Li	/ʃĭuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂi̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	so2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-roʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sroʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	數
Reading #	1/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ srjuX ›
Old Chinese	/*s-roʔ/
English	count (v.)
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	數
Reading #	1/3
No.	8506
Phonetic component	婁
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	數
Old Chinese	/*sroʔ/

Verb

數

1. to count; to enumerate

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǔ (shu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): só͘ / sò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǔ
    • Wade–Giles: shu³
    • Yale: shǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuu
    • Palladius: шу (šu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sou²
    • Yale: sóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: só͘ / sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: sóo / sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sor, sox
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sɔ⁵³/, /sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ⁵⁵⁴/, /sɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔ⁵³/, /sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sɔ⁵³/, /sɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔ⁴¹/, /sɔ²¹/

Note: literary reading.

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 數 (數錢)	edit 數 (數量)
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʂu²¹⁴/	/ʂu⁵¹/
	Harbin	/ʂu²¹³/	/ʂu⁵³/
	Tianjin	/su¹³/	/su⁵³/
	Jinan	/ʂu⁵⁵/	/ʂu²¹/
	Qingdao	/ʂu⁵⁵/	/ʂu⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʂuo⁵³/	/ʂuo³¹²/
	Xi'an	/fu⁵³/	/fu⁴⁴/
	Xining	/fv̩⁵³/	/fv̩²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/su⁵³/	/su¹³/
	Lanzhou	/fu⁴⁴²/	/fu¹³/
	Ürümqi	/ʂu²¹³/ /fu²¹³/	/ʂu²¹³/ /fu²¹³/
	Wuhan	/səu⁴²/	/səu³⁵/
	Chengdu	/su⁵³/	/su¹³/
	Guiyang	/su⁴²/	/su²¹³/
	Kunming	/su⁵³/	/su²¹²/
	Nanjing	/su²¹²/	/su⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/sʊ²⁴/	/sʊ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/su⁵³/	/su⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/sz̩ʷ⁵³/	/sz̩ʷ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/su⁵³/	/su⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/su³⁵/	/su³⁵/
	Suzhou	/səu⁵¹/	/səu⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/su⁵³/	/su⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/sz̩³⁵/	/sɤu⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/su³⁵/	/su³²⁴/
	Tunxi	/səu³¹/	/səu⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/səu⁴¹/	/səu⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/səɯ⁴²/	/səɯ⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/su²¹³/	/su⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/su³¹/	/su⁵³/
	Taoyuan		/su⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/sou³⁵/	/sou³³/
	Nanning	/su³⁵/	/su³³/
	Hong Kong	/sou³⁵/	/sou³³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/sɔ⁵³/ /siau²¹/	/sɔ²¹/ /siau²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/sou²¹²/	/sou²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/su³³/	/su³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/siau²¹³/	/siau²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/tiau³⁵/	/to³⁵/ /tiau³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: srjuX

Rime
Character	數
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	所矩切
Baxter	srjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɨoX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃioX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃioX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂuə̆X/
Li Rong	/ʃioX/
Wang Li	/ʃĭuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂi̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	so2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-roʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sroʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	數
Reading #	1/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ srjuX ›
Old Chinese	/*s-roʔ/
English	count (v.)
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	數
Reading #	1/3
No.	8506
Phonetic component	婁
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	數
Old Chinese	/*sroʔ/

Verb

數

1. to criticize

   數落／数落  ―  shǔluò  ―  to criticize, to scold

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǔ (shu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǔ
    • Wade–Giles: shu³
    • Yale: shǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuu
    • Palladius: шу (šu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sou²
    • Yale: sóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³⁵/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 數 (數錢)	edit 數 (數量)
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʂu²¹⁴/	/ʂu⁵¹/
	Harbin	/ʂu²¹³/	/ʂu⁵³/
	Tianjin	/su¹³/	/su⁵³/
	Jinan	/ʂu⁵⁵/	/ʂu²¹/
	Qingdao	/ʂu⁵⁵/	/ʂu⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʂuo⁵³/	/ʂuo³¹²/
	Xi'an	/fu⁵³/	/fu⁴⁴/
	Xining	/fv̩⁵³/	/fv̩²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/su⁵³/	/su¹³/
	Lanzhou	/fu⁴⁴²/	/fu¹³/
	Ürümqi	/ʂu²¹³/ /fu²¹³/	/ʂu²¹³/ /fu²¹³/
	Wuhan	/səu⁴²/	/səu³⁵/
	Chengdu	/su⁵³/	/su¹³/
	Guiyang	/su⁴²/	/su²¹³/
	Kunming	/su⁵³/	/su²¹²/
	Nanjing	/su²¹²/	/su⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/sʊ²⁴/	/sʊ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/su⁵³/	/su⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/sz̩ʷ⁵³/	/sz̩ʷ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/su⁵³/	/su⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/su³⁵/	/su³⁵/
	Suzhou	/səu⁵¹/	/səu⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/su⁵³/	/su⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/sz̩³⁵/	/sɤu⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/su³⁵/	/su³²⁴/
	Tunxi	/səu³¹/	/səu⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/səu⁴¹/	/səu⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/səɯ⁴²/	/səɯ⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/su²¹³/	/su⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/su³¹/	/su⁵³/
	Taoyuan		/su⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/sou³⁵/	/sou³³/
	Nanning	/su³⁵/	/su³³/
	Hong Kong	/sou³⁵/	/sou³³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/sɔ⁵³/ /siau²¹/	/sɔ²¹/ /siau²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/sou²¹²/	/sou²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/su³³/	/su³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/siau²¹³/	/siau²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/tiau³⁵/	/to³⁵/ /tiau³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: srjuX

Rime
Character	數
Reading #	1/3
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	所矩切
Baxter	srjuX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɨoX/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃioX/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃioX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂuə̆X/
Li Rong	/ʃioX/
Wang Li	/ʃĭuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂi̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	so2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-roʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sroʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	數
Reading #	1/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shǔ
Middle Chinese	‹ srjuX ›
Old Chinese	/*s-roʔ/
English	count (v.)
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	數
Reading #	1/3
No.	8506
Phonetic component	婁
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	數
Old Chinese	/*sroʔ/

Verb

數

1. to be reckoned as exceptionally

   數一數二／数一数二  ―  shǔyī shǔ'èr  ―  to be reckoned as first or second, to be one of the best

Etymology 2

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shù (shu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): su
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shù
    • Wade–Giles: shu⁴
    • Yale: shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuh
    • Palladius: шу (šu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sou³
    • Yale: sou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: su
    • Hakka Romanization System: su
    • Hagfa Pinyim: su⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /su⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sox
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔ²¹/

Note: literary reading.

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 數 (數錢)	edit 數 (數量)
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʂu²¹⁴/	/ʂu⁵¹/
	Harbin	/ʂu²¹³/	/ʂu⁵³/
	Tianjin	/su¹³/	/su⁵³/
	Jinan	/ʂu⁵⁵/	/ʂu²¹/
	Qingdao	/ʂu⁵⁵/	/ʂu⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʂuo⁵³/	/ʂuo³¹²/
	Xi'an	/fu⁵³/	/fu⁴⁴/
	Xining	/fv̩⁵³/	/fv̩²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/su⁵³/	/su¹³/
	Lanzhou	/fu⁴⁴²/	/fu¹³/
	Ürümqi	/ʂu²¹³/ /fu²¹³/	/ʂu²¹³/ /fu²¹³/
	Wuhan	/səu⁴²/	/səu³⁵/
	Chengdu	/su⁵³/	/su¹³/
	Guiyang	/su⁴²/	/su²¹³/
	Kunming	/su⁵³/	/su²¹²/
	Nanjing	/su²¹²/	/su⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/sʊ²⁴/	/sʊ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/su⁵³/	/su⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/sz̩ʷ⁵³/	/sz̩ʷ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/su⁵³/	/su⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/su³⁵/	/su³⁵/
	Suzhou	/səu⁵¹/	/səu⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/su⁵³/	/su⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/sz̩³⁵/	/sɤu⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/su³⁵/	/su³²⁴/
	Tunxi	/səu³¹/	/səu⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/səu⁴¹/	/səu⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/səɯ⁴²/	/səɯ⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/su²¹³/	/su⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/su³¹/	/su⁵³/
	Taoyuan		/su⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/sou³⁵/	/sou³³/
	Nanning	/su³⁵/	/su³³/
	Hong Kong	/sou³⁵/	/sou³³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/sɔ⁵³/ /siau²¹/	/sɔ²¹/ /siau²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/sou²¹²/	/sou²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/su³³/	/su³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/siau²¹³/	/siau²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/tiau³⁵/	/to³⁵/ /tiau³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: srjuH

Rime
Character	數
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	色句切
Baxter	srjuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɨoH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃioH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃioH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂuə̆H/
Li Rong	/ʃioH/
Wang Li	/ʃĭuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂi̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	so3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-roʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sros/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	數
Reading #	2/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shù
Middle Chinese	‹ srjuH ›
Old Chinese	/*s-roʔ-s/
English	number (n.)
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	數
Reading #	2/3
No.	8508
Phonetic component	婁
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	捒
Old Chinese	/*sros/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 數

1. number, figure, amount

   人數／人数  ―  rénshù  ―  population

2. (mathematics) number

   整數／整数  ―  zhěngshù  ―  integer

3. (grammar) number

   單數／单数  ―  dānshù  ―  singular

4. ^† mathematics (one of the Six Arts)
5. ^† divination
6. ^† skill
7. ^† law, rule, regular pattern
8. ^† legal system

Pronunciation 2

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siàu

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sou³
    • Yale: sou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siàu
    • Tâi-lô: siàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau²¹/

Note: vernacular reading.

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 數 (數錢)	edit 數 (數量)
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʂu²¹⁴/	/ʂu⁵¹/
	Harbin	/ʂu²¹³/	/ʂu⁵³/
	Tianjin	/su¹³/	/su⁵³/
	Jinan	/ʂu⁵⁵/	/ʂu²¹/
	Qingdao	/ʂu⁵⁵/	/ʂu⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʂuo⁵³/	/ʂuo³¹²/
	Xi'an	/fu⁵³/	/fu⁴⁴/
	Xining	/fv̩⁵³/	/fv̩²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/su⁵³/	/su¹³/
	Lanzhou	/fu⁴⁴²/	/fu¹³/
	Ürümqi	/ʂu²¹³/ /fu²¹³/	/ʂu²¹³/ /fu²¹³/
	Wuhan	/səu⁴²/	/səu³⁵/
	Chengdu	/su⁵³/	/su¹³/
	Guiyang	/su⁴²/	/su²¹³/
	Kunming	/su⁵³/	/su²¹²/
	Nanjing	/su²¹²/	/su⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/sʊ²⁴/	/sʊ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/su⁵³/	/su⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/sz̩ʷ⁵³/	/sz̩ʷ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/su⁵³/	/su⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/su³⁵/	/su³⁵/
	Suzhou	/səu⁵¹/	/səu⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/su⁵³/	/su⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/sz̩³⁵/	/sɤu⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/su³⁵/	/su³²⁴/
	Tunxi	/səu³¹/	/səu⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/səu⁴¹/	/səu⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/səɯ⁴²/	/səɯ⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/su²¹³/	/su⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/su³¹/	/su⁵³/
	Taoyuan		/su⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/sou³⁵/	/sou³³/
	Nanning	/su³⁵/	/su³³/
	Hong Kong	/sou³⁵/	/sou³³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/sɔ⁵³/ /siau²¹/	/sɔ²¹/ /siau²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/sou²¹²/	/sou²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/su³³/	/su³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/siau²¹³/	/siau²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/tiau³⁵/	/to³⁵/ /tiau³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: srjuH

Rime
Character	數
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	色句切
Baxter	srjuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɨoH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃioH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃioH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂuə̆H/
Li Rong	/ʃioH/
Wang Li	/ʃĭuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂi̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	so3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-roʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sros/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	數
Reading #	2/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shù
Middle Chinese	‹ srjuH ›
Old Chinese	/*s-roʔ-s/
English	number (n.)
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	數
Reading #	2/3
No.	8508
Phonetic component	婁
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	捒
Old Chinese	/*sros/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 數

1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min) account

   數簿／数簿 [Cantonese]  ―  sou³ bou^6-2 [Jyutping]  ―  account book

Pronunciation 3

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shù (shu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sò͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shù
    • Wade–Giles: shu⁴
    • Yale: shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuh
    • Palladius: шу (šu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sou³
    • Yale: sou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ
    • Hakka Romanization System: sii
    • Hagfa Pinyim: si⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /sɨ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sò͘
    • Tâi-lô: sòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sox
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sɔ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔ²¹/

Note: literary reading.

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 數 (數錢)	edit 數 (數量)
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʂu²¹⁴/	/ʂu⁵¹/
	Harbin	/ʂu²¹³/	/ʂu⁵³/
	Tianjin	/su¹³/	/su⁵³/
	Jinan	/ʂu⁵⁵/	/ʂu²¹/
	Qingdao	/ʂu⁵⁵/	/ʂu⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʂuo⁵³/	/ʂuo³¹²/
	Xi'an	/fu⁵³/	/fu⁴⁴/
	Xining	/fv̩⁵³/	/fv̩²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/su⁵³/	/su¹³/
	Lanzhou	/fu⁴⁴²/	/fu¹³/
	Ürümqi	/ʂu²¹³/ /fu²¹³/	/ʂu²¹³/ /fu²¹³/
	Wuhan	/səu⁴²/	/səu³⁵/
	Chengdu	/su⁵³/	/su¹³/
	Guiyang	/su⁴²/	/su²¹³/
	Kunming	/su⁵³/	/su²¹²/
	Nanjing	/su²¹²/	/su⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/sʊ²⁴/	/sʊ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/su⁵³/	/su⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/sz̩ʷ⁵³/	/sz̩ʷ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/su⁵³/	/su⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/su³⁵/	/su³⁵/
	Suzhou	/səu⁵¹/	/səu⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/su⁵³/	/su⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/sz̩³⁵/	/sɤu⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/su³⁵/	/su³²⁴/
	Tunxi	/səu³¹/	/səu⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/səu⁴¹/	/səu⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/səɯ⁴²/	/səɯ⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/su²¹³/	/su⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/su³¹/	/su⁵³/
	Taoyuan		/su⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/sou³⁵/	/sou³³/
	Nanning	/su³⁵/	/su³³/
	Hong Kong	/sou³⁵/	/sou³³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/sɔ⁵³/ /siau²¹/	/sɔ²¹/ /siau²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/sou²¹²/	/sou²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/su³³/	/su³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/siau²¹³/	/siau²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/tiau³⁵/	/to³⁵/ /tiau³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: srjuH

Rime
Character	數
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	色句切
Baxter	srjuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɨoH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃioH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃioH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂuə̆H/
Li Rong	/ʃioH/
Wang Li	/ʃĭuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂi̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	so3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-roʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sros/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	數
Reading #	2/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shù
Middle Chinese	‹ srjuH ›
Old Chinese	/*s-roʔ-s/
English	number (n.)
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	數
Reading #	2/3
No.	8508
Phonetic component	婁
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	捒
Old Chinese	/*sros/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 數

1. fate, destiny

   氣數／气数  ―  qìshù  ―  fate

Pronunciation 4

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shù (shu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shù
    • Wade–Giles: shu⁴
    • Yale: shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuh
    • Palladius: шу (šu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sou³
    • Yale: sou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 數 (數錢)	edit 數 (數量)
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʂu²¹⁴/	/ʂu⁵¹/
	Harbin	/ʂu²¹³/	/ʂu⁵³/
	Tianjin	/su¹³/	/su⁵³/
	Jinan	/ʂu⁵⁵/	/ʂu²¹/
	Qingdao	/ʂu⁵⁵/	/ʂu⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʂuo⁵³/	/ʂuo³¹²/
	Xi'an	/fu⁵³/	/fu⁴⁴/
	Xining	/fv̩⁵³/	/fv̩²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/su⁵³/	/su¹³/
	Lanzhou	/fu⁴⁴²/	/fu¹³/
	Ürümqi	/ʂu²¹³/ /fu²¹³/	/ʂu²¹³/ /fu²¹³/
	Wuhan	/səu⁴²/	/səu³⁵/
	Chengdu	/su⁵³/	/su¹³/
	Guiyang	/su⁴²/	/su²¹³/
	Kunming	/su⁵³/	/su²¹²/
	Nanjing	/su²¹²/	/su⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/sʊ²⁴/	/sʊ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/su⁵³/	/su⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/sz̩ʷ⁵³/	/sz̩ʷ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/su⁵³/	/su⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/su³⁵/	/su³⁵/
	Suzhou	/səu⁵¹/	/səu⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/su⁵³/	/su⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/sz̩³⁵/	/sɤu⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/su³⁵/	/su³²⁴/
	Tunxi	/səu³¹/	/səu⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/səu⁴¹/	/səu⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/səɯ⁴²/	/səɯ⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/su²¹³/	/su⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/su³¹/	/su⁵³/
	Taoyuan		/su⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/sou³⁵/	/sou³³/
	Nanning	/su³⁵/	/su³³/
	Hong Kong	/sou³⁵/	/sou³³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/sɔ⁵³/ /siau²¹/	/sɔ²¹/ /siau²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/sou²¹²/	/sou²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/su³³/	/su³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/siau²¹³/	/siau²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/tiau³⁵/	/to³⁵/ /tiau³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: srjuH

Rime
Character	數
Reading #	2/3
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	色句切
Baxter	srjuH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃɨoH/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃioH/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃioH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂuə̆H/
Li Rong	/ʃioH/
Wang Li	/ʃĭuH/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂi̯uH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shù
Expected Cantonese Reflex	so3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-roʔ-s/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sros/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	數
Reading #	2/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shù
Middle Chinese	‹ srjuH ›
Old Chinese	/*s-roʔ-s/
English	number (n.)
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	數
Reading #	2/3
No.	8508
Phonetic component	婁
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	捒
Old Chinese	/*sros/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 數

1. several

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shuò (shuo⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨㄛˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sok³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siàu / sok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shuò
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨㄛˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shuò
    • Wade–Giles: shuo⁴
    • Yale: shwò
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuoh
    • Palladius: шо (šo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu̯ɔ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sok³
    • Yale: sok
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sok⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sog³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɔːk̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siàu / sok
    • Tâi-lô: siàu / sok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siaux, sog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siau²¹/, /sɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siau⁴¹/, /sɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siau²¹/, /sɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siau¹¹/, /sɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siau²¹/, /sɔk̚³²/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 數 (數錢)	edit 數 (數量)
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʂu²¹⁴/	/ʂu⁵¹/
	Harbin	/ʂu²¹³/	/ʂu⁵³/
	Tianjin	/su¹³/	/su⁵³/
	Jinan	/ʂu⁵⁵/	/ʂu²¹/
	Qingdao	/ʂu⁵⁵/	/ʂu⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʂuo⁵³/	/ʂuo³¹²/
	Xi'an	/fu⁵³/	/fu⁴⁴/
	Xining	/fv̩⁵³/	/fv̩²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/su⁵³/	/su¹³/
	Lanzhou	/fu⁴⁴²/	/fu¹³/
	Ürümqi	/ʂu²¹³/ /fu²¹³/	/ʂu²¹³/ /fu²¹³/
	Wuhan	/səu⁴²/	/səu³⁵/
	Chengdu	/su⁵³/	/su¹³/
	Guiyang	/su⁴²/	/su²¹³/
	Kunming	/su⁵³/	/su²¹²/
	Nanjing	/su²¹²/	/su⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/sʊ²⁴/	/sʊ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/su⁵³/	/su⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/sz̩ʷ⁵³/	/sz̩ʷ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/su⁵³/	/su⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/su³⁵/	/su³⁵/
	Suzhou	/səu⁵¹/	/səu⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/su⁵³/	/su⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/sz̩³⁵/	/sɤu⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/su³⁵/	/su³²⁴/
	Tunxi	/səu³¹/	/səu⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/səu⁴¹/	/səu⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/səɯ⁴²/	/səɯ⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/su²¹³/	/su⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/su³¹/	/su⁵³/
	Taoyuan		/su⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/sou³⁵/	/sou³³/
	Nanning	/su³⁵/	/su³³/
	Hong Kong	/sou³⁵/	/sou³³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/sɔ⁵³/ /siau²¹/	/sɔ²¹/ /siau²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/sou²¹²/	/sou²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/su³³/	/su³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/siau²¹³/	/siau²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/tiau³⁵/	/to³⁵/ /tiau³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: sraewk

Rime
Character	數
Reading #	3/3
Initial (聲)	生 (21)
Final (韻)	覺 (10)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	II
Fanqie	所角切
Baxter	sraewk
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠʌk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚɔk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃɔk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂaɨwk̚/
Li Rong	/ʃɔk̚/
Wang Li	/ʃɔk̚/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂɔk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shuo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sok3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s-rok/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sroːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	數
Reading #	3/3
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shuò
Middle Chinese	‹ sræwk ›
Old Chinese	/*s-rok/
English	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	數
Reading #	3/3
No.	8512
Phonetic component	婁
Rime group	屋
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	朔
Old Chinese	/*sroːɡ/

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 數

1. frequently; repeatedly

   數見不鮮／数见不鲜  ―  shuòjiàn bùxiān  ―  a common occurrence

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): cù (cu⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄘㄨˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: cù
    • Zhuyin: ㄘㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cù
    • Wade–Giles: tsʻu⁴
    • Yale: tsù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuh
    • Palladius: цу (cu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu⁵¹/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 數 (數錢)	edit 數 (數量)
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʂu²¹⁴/	/ʂu⁵¹/
	Harbin	/ʂu²¹³/	/ʂu⁵³/
	Tianjin	/su¹³/	/su⁵³/
	Jinan	/ʂu⁵⁵/	/ʂu²¹/
	Qingdao	/ʂu⁵⁵/	/ʂu⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʂuo⁵³/	/ʂuo³¹²/
	Xi'an	/fu⁵³/	/fu⁴⁴/
	Xining	/fv̩⁵³/	/fv̩²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/su⁵³/	/su¹³/
	Lanzhou	/fu⁴⁴²/	/fu¹³/
	Ürümqi	/ʂu²¹³/ /fu²¹³/	/ʂu²¹³/ /fu²¹³/
	Wuhan	/səu⁴²/	/səu³⁵/
	Chengdu	/su⁵³/	/su¹³/
	Guiyang	/su⁴²/	/su²¹³/
	Kunming	/su⁵³/	/su²¹²/
	Nanjing	/su²¹²/	/su⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/sʊ²⁴/	/sʊ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/su⁵³/	/su⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/sz̩ʷ⁵³/	/sz̩ʷ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/su⁵³/	/su⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/su³⁵/	/su³⁵/
	Suzhou	/səu⁵¹/	/səu⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/su⁵³/	/su⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/sz̩³⁵/	/sɤu⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/su³⁵/	/su³²⁴/
	Tunxi	/səu³¹/	/səu⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/səu⁴¹/	/səu⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/səɯ⁴²/	/səɯ⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/su²¹³/	/su⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/su³¹/	/su⁵³/
	Taoyuan		/su⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/sou³⁵/	/sou³³/
	Nanning	/su³⁵/	/su³³/
	Hong Kong	/sou³⁵/	/sou³³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/sɔ⁵³/ /siau²¹/	/sɔ²¹/ /siau²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/sou²¹²/	/sou²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/su³³/	/su³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/siau²¹³/	/siau²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/tiau³⁵/	/to³⁵/ /tiau³⁵/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 數

1. fine and closely woven

   數罟／数罟  ―  cùgǔ  ―  closely woven net

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shù, sù (shu⁴, su⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˋ, ㄙㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sou³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sò͘ / siàu

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shù
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shù
    • Wade–Giles: shu⁴
    • Yale: shù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuh
    • Palladius: шу (šu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sù
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sù
    • Wade–Giles: su⁴
    • Yale: sù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suh
    • Palladius: су (su)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: sou³
    • Yale: sou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: sou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sou̯³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sò͘ / siàu
    • Tâi-lô: sòo / siàu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sox, siaux
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sɔ²¹/, /siau²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sɔ⁴¹/, /siau⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sɔ²¹/, /siau²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sɔ¹¹/, /siau¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sɔ²¹/, /siau²¹/

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• Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 數 (數錢)	edit 數 (數量)
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʂu²¹⁴/	/ʂu⁵¹/
	Harbin	/ʂu²¹³/	/ʂu⁵³/
	Tianjin	/su¹³/	/su⁵³/
	Jinan	/ʂu⁵⁵/	/ʂu²¹/
	Qingdao	/ʂu⁵⁵/	/ʂu⁴²/
	Zhengzhou	/ʂuo⁵³/	/ʂuo³¹²/
	Xi'an	/fu⁵³/	/fu⁴⁴/
	Xining	/fv̩⁵³/	/fv̩²¹³/
	Yinchuan	/su⁵³/	/su¹³/
	Lanzhou	/fu⁴⁴²/	/fu¹³/
	Ürümqi	/ʂu²¹³/ /fu²¹³/	/ʂu²¹³/ /fu²¹³/
	Wuhan	/səu⁴²/	/səu³⁵/
	Chengdu	/su⁵³/	/su¹³/
	Guiyang	/su⁴²/	/su²¹³/
	Kunming	/su⁵³/	/su²¹²/
	Nanjing	/su²¹²/	/su⁴⁴/
	Hefei	/sʊ²⁴/	/sʊ⁵³/
Jin	Taiyuan	/su⁵³/	/su⁴⁵/
	Pingyao	/sz̩ʷ⁵³/	/sz̩ʷ³⁵/
	Hohhot	/su⁵³/	/su⁵⁵/
Wu	Shanghai	/su³⁵/	/su³⁵/
	Suzhou	/səu⁵¹/	/səu⁵¹³/
	Hangzhou	/su⁵³/	/su⁴⁴⁵/
	Wenzhou	/sz̩³⁵/	/sɤu⁴²/
Hui	Shexian	/su³⁵/	/su³²⁴/
	Tunxi	/səu³¹/	/səu⁴²/
Xiang	Changsha	/səu⁴¹/	/səu⁵⁵/
	Xiangtan	/səɯ⁴²/	/səɯ⁵⁵/
Gan	Nanchang	/su²¹³/	/su⁴⁵/
Hakka	Meixian	/su³¹/	/su⁵³/
	Taoyuan		/su⁵⁵/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/sou³⁵/	/sou³³/
	Nanning	/su³⁵/	/su³³/
	Hong Kong	/sou³⁵/	/sou³³/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/sɔ⁵³/ /siau²¹/	/sɔ²¹/ /siau²¹/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/sou²¹²/	/sou²¹²/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/su³³/	/su³³/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/siau²¹³/	/siau²¹³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/tiau³⁵/	/to³⁵/ /tiau³⁵/

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 數

1. Only used in 數珠／数珠 (shùzhū).

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Japanese

Kanji

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Readings

• On (unclassified): 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

(deprecated template usage) 數 (số, sộ, sỗ, sổ, xọ)

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