數 · shù
number; several; count; fate
Meanings & readings
Meaning & readings
number; several; count; fate
- Mandarin
- shù
- Cantonese
- sou3
Unihan definitions and selected character readings. Read the word to establish its pronunciation in context.
Readings in Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese
Readings recorded for 數 in other language traditions. These are character-level records, not word translations or interchangeable pronunciations.
Japanese 日本語
Grouped by the source’s kana notation; no frequency ranking is implied.
On’yomi · katakana
Kun’yomi · hiragana
Katakana generally indicates on’yomi; hiragana generally indicates kun’yomi. The source does not identify everyday, rare, historical or name use per reading. Kana strings are preserved, including any written endings; consult a Japanese word entry for actual use.
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Source record & scope
Unicode Unihan 17.0.0 · kJapanese ↗ · provisional property
シュ サク ス ソク ショ ショク ソ シュク かぞえるKorean 한국어
Hanja readings · Hangul
Source codes are separated below. They are neither sounds nor tones; a character reading alone does not specify a whole word’s pronunciation.
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Reading sources explained
- 삭
- KS X 1001 (0) · Personal-name Hanja (N)
- 수
- KS X 1001 (0) · Educational Hanja (E)
Vietnamese Tiếng Việt
Character readings · Quốc ngữ
Vietnamese readings associated with this Han character. This field alone does not establish word meanings, current usage, or a complete account of Hán-Nôm reading traditions.
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Form & structure
Writing & identity
- Unicode
- U+6578
- Radical
- 攴 · 66
- Strokes
- 15 · Unihan
- Residual
- 11
Source record · Unihan 17.0. Individual senses and historical claims have not yet been reviewed by zimai.
Stroke order
15 strokesModern stroke order; regional conventions can differ. Stroke medians: Make Me a Hanzi via HanziLookupJS, drawn as an even pen line.
Graphical structure
How to read these symbols
⿰ left–right · ⿱ above–below · ⿻ overlap. Dotted boxes indicate positions, not missing characters. Each symbol describes the components that follow it; nested symbols describe a component in more detail. Source codes identify alternative analyses, not a writing sequence or an etymology.
BabelStone IDS · 2025-06-27. Region tags are preserved; 〾 marks approximation and {n} identifies an unencoded source component. These describe graphical structure, not historical derivation.
Words & connections
Words using 數
Character connections
No reverse component match in this collection.
History & distinctions
Related forms
Unihan traditional/simplified variant properties. Conversion may depend on context.
Historical readings
- Middle Chinese
- srjuX · 所矩 反切 · #1368
- Middle Chinese
- srjuH · 色句 反切 · #2333
- Middle Chinese
- sraewk · 所角 反切 · #3268
Guangyun-based transcriptions · PHONO-ML · CC BY 4.0. These describe historical reading categories, not modern word pronunciation.
Source row & reading categories
CSV line 9733 · srjuX = 遇合三上虞生 · srjuH = 遇合三去虞生 · sraewk = 江開二入江生
Automatically generated in the source dataset; the authors checked a subset and acknowledge possible errors. All source readings are retained separately. Notation & method ↗
Sources & reference
Evidence & next depth
Retained Unihan properties
- kMandarin
- shù
- kCantonese
- sou3
- kDefinition
- number; several; count; fate
- kTotalStrokes
- 15
- kRSUnicode
- 66.11
- kSimplifiedVariant
- U+6570
- kGradeLevel
- 1
Readings across dictionaries
- Hanyu Da Zidian
- shǔ,shù,shuò 21474.010
- Xiandai Hanyu · 1983
- shǔ 1066.041 · shù 1069.051 · shuò 1083.011
- Reading counts · XDHYPLCD
- shù(1079) shǔ(91) shu(14)
- Mandarin / Cantonese · SMSZD
- shù粵sou3 shǔ粵sou2 shuò粵sok3
Reference desk
- Fanqie spellings
- 所矩 色句 所角
- Kangxi positions
- 0475.040
- Guangyun positions
- 263.39 366.13 465.06
- GSR references
- 0123r 1207a
- Cangjie
- LVOK
- Four-corner
- 5844.0