數 - Dong Chinese dictionary

shù, shǔ, shuò

number

Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 婁 represents the sound.

Components

攵 Meaning component

pū

tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

婁 Sound component

lóu

surname

數 and 婁 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in older Chinese.數 /*s-roʔ/, /*s-roʔ-s/, /*s-rok/
婁 /*[r]o/

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

数 (數)

shù

number; several; count; fate; figure; CL:個|个[gè]

数 (數)

shǔ

to count; to count as; to regard as; to enumerate (sb's shortcomings)

数 (數)

shuò

frequently; repeatedly

Most common words with 數

Freq.	Word	Meaning
	数	number
	数据	data
	数字	numeral
	大多数	(great) majority
	数量	amount

Component uses

Sound component in 2 characters (0 verified)

擻藪

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese	Middle Chinese	Pinyin	Gloss
*s-roʔ	srjuX	shǔ	count (v.)
*s-roʔ-s	srjuH	shù	number (n.)
*s-rok	sraewk	shuò	frequently

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 74.0029% of movies

464th most common character in movies

231st most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes	15
Simplified	数
Unicode	U+6578
Shuowen	“數，計也。从攴，婁聲。”

Sources

MTSU Chinese text computing

漢語多功能字庫

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