Memory phrase for the Kanji: 数


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Meaning to count, to enumerate

Pronunciation

shǔ, shù, shuò

Explanation

Left: to collect (Rice grains are by women been: collected.), right: strike 攵/ (a hand with a stick )

Mnemonic


 
The rice grains are for the woman with a stick: to count them.

Radicals

to collectThis radical is used with the meaning "to collect", because helpful mnemonics become possible, as for example with " to collect 搂", which is ethymological not correct.
rap, strikeShows originally a hand with a whip . It is usually simplified to 攵. Other radicals with a hand are:
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 Vocabulary

 大多数  dà duō shù  (great) majority
 数值  shù zhí  numerical
 整数  zhěng shù  whole number; integer (math.)
 数目  shù mù  amount; number
 数据  shù jù  data; numbers; digital
 倍数  bèi shù  multiple
 计数  jì shù  to count; reckoning
 指数  zhǐ shù  (numerical, statistical) index
 复数  fù shù  plural; complex number (math.)
 除数  chú shù  divisor (math.)
 参数  cān shù  parameter
 参数  cān shù  

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