算

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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 ...)

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A bamboo ⺮ abacus 具

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calculate · Heisig RSH #790

竹 bamboo + eyeball + two hands

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

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…

These characters use 算 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
算 sound part	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