数
3 readings · tap one to hear it
number; figure; several; a few
- HSK 3.0
- Level 2
- Old HSK
- Level 3
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 攴 +9
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 数
- Common rank
- #71
- Unicode
- U+6570
Sound it out + = · + = · + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
number · Heisig RSH #784
bride + taskmaster
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 数
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中子数 | neutron number | |
| 心中无数 | to have no idea; to be unsure | |
| 心中有数 | to know what's going on | |
| 大数 | Tarsus, Mediterranean city in Turkey, the birthplace of St Paul | |
| 大数 | a large number | |
| 数不上 | not to deserve to be mentioned; not to qualify; below par | |
| 数学家 | mathematician | |
| 人数 | number of people | |
| 数学 | mathematics | |
| 无数 | countless; numberless; innumerable | |
| 人口数 | population | |
| 天数 | number of days; fate; destiny | |
| 数学物理学 | mathematical physics | |
| 小数 | small figure; small amount; the part of a number to the right of the decimal point (or rad… | |
| 家数 | the distinctive style and techniques handed down from master to apprentice within a partic… | |
| 心里有数 | to know the score (idiom); to be well aware of the situation | |
| 大多数 | (great) majority | |
| 有数 | to have kept count; to know how many; (fig.) to know exactly how things stand; to know the… | |
| 无理数 | irrational number | |
| 数学物理 | mathematical physics |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 娄 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 娄 sound part | a constellation; to wear; surname | |
| 楼 | multi-story building; floor | |
| 屡 | frequently, often, again and again | |
| 缕 | strand, thread; detailed, precise | |
| 喽 | used in onomatopoetic expressions | |
| 搂 | to embrace, to hug; to drag, to pull | |
| 蝼 | mole cricket; Gryllotalpa africana | |
| 篓 | bamboo basket | |
| 偻 | humpback; surname | |
| 镂 | to inlay; to engrave, to carve; tattoo | |
| 髅 | skull, skeleton | |
| 瘘 | fistula; goiter, sore, ulcer | |
| 褛 | lapel, collar; tattered, threadbare | |
| 屦 | straw sandals; to tread on | |
| 嵝 | the Goulou mountain in Hunan | |
| 窭 | poor; rustic | |
| 耧 | a drill for sowing grain | |
| 蒌 | Artemisia stelleriana |