Etymology

Uncle Hanzi (汉字叔叔）
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Character: 算

English Senses For (英文): suan4
to count / to figure / to reckon / to compute / to calculate / to plan / to scheme / to infer / to guess / to foretell / to regard / to consider / to deem / to count / to be of importance / to be of consequence / to matter / a Chinese family name / alternate 筭

Simplified (簡體字):
Unicode := 7B97
GB2312-80 := CBE3

算

Simplification (簡化方法):
no simplification
traditional = simplified

Traditional (繁體字):
Unicode := 7B97
Big5 := BAE2

算
算筭 suan4 (productive phonetic)

算 remnant

Etymology (文字來源):
Remnant Primitive, made of bamboo 竹 distortion of an abacus - to count

Mandarin (普通話): Chinese

Cantonese (廣東話): Analyze

Taiwanese (臺灣話): Analyze

Shanghaiese (上海話): Analyze

Japanese (日本話): Analyze

Korean (韩国話): Analyze Listen

History of Chinese Writing

中國文字的歷史

Spoken Chinese and Other Languages

Unicode Tests

Chinese Equivalent Websites

Chinese Encoding and Conversion

Enable XP for maximum Chinese

ShuoWen: (說文解字):
數也從竹從具讀若筭

Seal (說文解字裏的篆體字)

S03439


LST Seal (六書通裏的篆體字) This character is not listed in LST


Bronze (金文编) Characters - none known


Oracle (甲骨文) Characters - none known

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