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Kanji 数: meaning "Number, Strength, Fate", readings, stroke order

The kanji 数 means "Number, Strength, Fate". On'yomi: スウ、ス; kun'yomi: かず、かぞえる. JLPT N3 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
Number, Strength, Fate
On'yomi
スウス· special — Special reading: the official table keeps it for a few words or particular uses.
Kun'yomi
かずかぞえる
Strokes
13
Level
JLPT N3
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)
Old form
數 旧字体: the form used before 1946, still seen in names and older texts.
Special reading: the official table keeps it for a few words or particular uses.

Words with 数

  • 数学 すうがく — mathematics
  • 数 すう — number, figure
  • 数字 すうじ — numeral, figure
  • 数 かず — number, figure, amount
  • 数える かぞえる — to count
  • 回数 かいすう — number of times, frequency
  • 回数券 かいすうけん — book of tickets
  • 過半数 かはんすう — majority
  • 偶数 ぐうすう — even number
  • 算数 さんすう — arithmetic
  • 小数 しょうすう — fraction (part of), decimal
  • 整数 せいすう — integer

Stroke order · 13 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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