数
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number; figure; several; a few
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #71 U+6570
How 数 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
攵 (semantic, “script”) + 娄 (phonetic, lóu)
How to remember it
number · Heisig RSH #784
bride + taskmaster
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 娄
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 娄 (lóu) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 娄 sound component | lóu | a constellation; to wear; surname |
| 楼 | lóu | multi-story building; floor |
| 屡 | lǚ | frequently, often, again and again |
| 缕 | lǚ | strand, thread; detailed, precise |
| 喽 | lou | used in onomatopoetic expressions |
| 搂 | lǒu | to embrace, to hug; to drag, to pull |
| 蝼 | lóu | mole cricket; Gryllotalpa africana |
| 篓 | lǒu | bamboo basket |
| 偻 | lǚ | humpback; surname |
| 镂 | lòu | to inlay; to engrave, to carve; tattoo |
| 髅 | lóu | skull, skeleton |
| 瘘 | lòu | fistula; goiter, sore, ulcer |
| 褛 | lǚ | lapel, collar; tattered, threadbare |
| 屦 | jù | straw sandals; to tread on |
| 嵝 | lǒu | the Goulou mountain in Hunan |
| 窭 | jù | poor; rustic |
| 耧 | lóu | a drill for sowing grain |
| 蒌 | lóu | Artemisia stelleriana |
Words containing 数
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中子数 | zhōng zǐ shù | neutron number |
| 心中无数 | xīn zhōng wú shù | to have no idea; to be unsure |
| 心中有数 | xīn zhōng yǒu shù | to know what's going on |
| 大数 | Dà shù | Tarsus, Mediterranean city in Turkey, the birthplace of St Paul |
| 大数 | dà shù | a large number |
| 数不上 | shǔ bù shàng | not to deserve to be mentioned; not to qualify; below par |
| 数学家 | shù xué jiā | mathematician |
| 人数 | rén shù | number of people |
| 数学 | shù xué | mathematics |
| 无数 | wú shù | countless; numberless; innumerable |
| 人口数 | rén kǒu shù | population |
| 天数 | tiān shù | number of days; fate; destiny |
| 数学物理学 | shù xué wù lǐ xué | mathematical physics |
| 小数 | xiǎo shù | small figure; small amount; the part of a number to the right of the decimal point (or rad… |
| 家数 | jiā shù | the distinctive style and techniques handed down from master to apprentice within a partic… |
| 心里有数 | xīn lǐ yǒu shù | to know the score (idiom); to be well aware of the situation |
| 大多数 | dà duō shù | (great) majority |
| 有数 | yǒu shù | to have kept count; to know how many; (fig.) to know exactly how things stand; to know the… |
| 无理数 | wú lǐ shù | irrational number |
| 数学物理 | shù xué wù lǐ | mathematical physics |