数

shù

number; figure

several; a few

tapping stick (攵) + sound (娄) = counting to a number

攵 depicts a hand holding a stick, evoking the act of tallying or counting by striking. 娄 contributes the sound shù rather than a visual story.

娄+攵→数
娄A surnamePhonetic
攵Hand with a stickSemantic

班里的学生数超过了四十人。

bān lǐ de xué shēng shù chāo guò le sì shí rén。

The number of students in the class exceeded forty people.

这几年来,来这里旅游的人数增长了很多。

zhè jǐ nián lái,lái zhè lǐ lǚ yóu de rén shù zēng zhǎng le hěn duō。

Over the past several years, the number of people traveling here has grown a lot.

Words with 数

读数

dú shù

reading

绝对多数

jué duì duō shù

absolute majority

模数

mó shù

analog-to-digital

心里有数

xīn lǐ yǒu shù

to know the score (idiom)

大多数

dà duō shù

(great) majority

原子序数

yuán zǐ xù shù

atomic number

为数

wéi shù

in numerical terms (typically followed by 不少[bu4 shao3] or 不多[bu4 duo1] or a number)

数论

shù lùn

number theory (math.)

数理化

shù lǐ huà

mathematics, physics and chemistry (abbr. for 數學|数学[shu4 xue2] + 物理[wu4 li3] + 化學|化学[hua4 xue2])

倒数

dào shù

inverse number

多数党

duō shù dǎng

majority party

尽数

jìn shù

in its entirety; all of it; all of them

More characters with 娄

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