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数 — 13 strokes ／ Radical「攵」

道
9Elementary year 2 ／ 13 strokes ／ Radical「攵」
On
スウすう · sū
Kun
かず・かぞ(える)kazu · kazo(eru)
Meaning
number

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

From counting things one by one — number.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onスウすうsū数字すうじ数量すうりょう年数ねんすう
Onスすsu人数にんずう

「人数」は，「ニンズウ」とも。

Kunかずkazu数すう
Kunかぞえるkazoeru数えるかぞえる数え年かぞえどし

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

More words with this kanji

  • 算数さんすう
  • 点数てんすう
  • 多数たすう
  • 倍数ばいすう
  • 複数ふくすう
  • 数値すうち

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

数(すう)を かぞえます。

I count the numbers.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 攵Map of reading スウAll maps

Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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