漢字道KANJIDO

13 strokesRadical

9Elementary year 213 strokesRadical
On
スウ
Kun
かず・かぞ(える)
Meaning
number

Origin

ORIGIN

From counting things one by one — number.

Stroke order

STROKE ORDER

Readings and examples

OFFICIAL READINGS

スウ数字・数量・年数
人数

「人数」は,「ニンズウ」とも。

かず
かぞえる数える・数え年

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

Compounds

COMPOUNDS

  • 数字すうじ

    numeral

  • 人数にんずう

    number of people

Example

EXAMPLE

A sentence using this kanji

数を かぞえます。

I count the numbers.

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