算
to calculate; to figure out; to include; to count in; to count; to be valid; to carry weight; to regard as; to consider (to be ...)
14 strokes
Dict coverage rank #630 U+7B97
How 算 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A bamboo ⺮ abacus 具
How to remember it
calculate · Heisig RSH #790
竹 bamboo + eyeball + two hands
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 算 as their sound component
These characters all use 算 (suàn) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 算 sound component | suàn | to calculate, to count; to figure, to plan |
| 篡 | cuàn | to sieze, to usurp |
| 纂 | zuǎn | to edit, to compile; to tie a knot |
| 篹 | zhuàn | to edit; to collect; a bamboo basket |
| 籑 | zhuàn | to feed, to provide for; danties, delicacies |
Words containing 算
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 线性算子 | xiàn xìng suàn zi | linear operator (math.) |
| 计算机科学家 | jì suàn jī kē xué jiā | computer scientist |
| 电子计算机 | diàn zǐ jì suàn jī | electronic computer |
| 计算机科学 | jì suàn jī kē xué | computer science |
| 计算机工业 | jì suàn jī gōng yè | computer industry |
| 人算不如天算 | rén suàn bù rú tiān suàn | man proposes, God disposes (idiom); one's plans can be derailed by unforeseen events |
| 巴前算后 | bā qián suàn hòu | thinking and pondering (idiom); to turn sth over in one's mind; to consider repeatedly |
| 算不得 | suàn bù dé | not count as |
| 计算数学 | jì suàn shù xué | computational mathematics; numerical mathematics |
| 平行计算 | píng xíng jì suàn | (Tw) parallel computing |
| 反传算法 | fǎn chuán suàn fǎ | back propagation algorithm |
| 打小算盘 | dǎ xiǎo suàn pán | lit. to count on a narrow abacus (idiom); petty and scheming selfishly; concerned with pet… |
| 计算机制图 | jì suàn jī zhì tú | computer graphics |
| 清算行 | qīng suàn háng | clearing bank |
| 说话算数 | shuō huà suàn shù | to keep one's promise; to mean what one says |
| 计算机集成制造 | jì suàn jī jí chéng zhì zào | computer-integrated manufacturing (CIM) |
| 运算数 | yùn suàn shù | operand (math.) |
| 国际清算银行 | Guó jì Qīng suàn Yín háng | Bank for International Settlements |
| 算命家 | suàn mìng jiā | fortune-teller |
| 胸有成算 | xiōng yǒu chéng suàn | the hero has plans already laid (idiom); to have plans ready in advance; forewarned is for… |