Zi:数
数(F數) [shù] number/numeral, amount; 数学 math [shǔ] count (数数 shǔshù) [shuò] rapidly; urgently; repeatedly/often [cù] [sù] cf. 數
3 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►²shù(r) 数[數] {B} n. ①number; figure ②fate ③talent; skill ④plan; project ◆num. several
►¹shǔ 数[數] {A} v. ①count ②be reckoned as ‖ Wǒmen jǐ ge rén lǐ ∼ tā zuì xiǎo. 我们几个人里∼他最小。 He's the youngest among us. ③enumerate; list ◆b.f. scold; rebuke ►shǔluo 数落
►⁴shuò 数[數] b.f. ①frequently; repeatedly ②quickly; urgently ►shuòmài 数脉 ►fánshuò 烦数
The simple-form character 数 (13 strokes) is an abbrev. of the full-form character 數 (15 strokes), replacing the full-form component 婁 (11 strokes) with its simple form 娄 (9 strokes).
The Shuōwén Seal form of 数/數(𢿘) shǔ/shù ‘count/number’ combines攵(攴 pū) ‘beat/tap’ (rhythmically), and 娄/婁(𡞔) lóu ‘hollow/empty/idle’ (phonosemantic); counting/numbers start from nothing/zero.
Note: The component 攵/攴 here functions as in 教(敎) jiāo/jiào ‘teach’ (cf. 攴, 卜, 爻, 兆).
Compare: 数数 shuòshuò ‘frequently/often’; 屡/屢 lǚ ‘repeatedly’, formerly wr. 婁, and 履(𡳐).
Compare: 数/数 shǔ (v.) ‘to count’; 数/数 shù (n.) ‘numbers’; 数数 shǔshù ‘to count (numbers)’.
Compare: 𫍱/諯() zhuān ‘recriminate/blame (each other, or modestly, oneself)’, in SW glossed 数/數 shǔ ‘blame (enumerate shortcomings)’ (数落, 数说).
Note: Karlgren (1957) reconstructed OC /sl-/ for the ‘count/number’ meanings of this character, while Baxter (1992) has OC /skr-/ (for ‘count/number/repeatedly’).
Compare: 庶(𢉙) shù ‘numerous’; 術() shù ‘capital road; skill/art’, 述() shù ‘follow/explain’.
►references: Wieger:67n; Henshall:151; Karlgren:AD919; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:2.1470.19; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:291.1.01; EDOC:0
►components: 娄攵米女
►Cantonese: sou/ sou-
<cdl char='数' uni='6570'>
<comp char='娄' uni='5A04' variant='3' points='0,5 66,128' />
<comp char='攴' uni='6534' variant='4' points='66,0 128,128' />
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</cdl>
<cdl char='娄' uni='5A04' variant='3' points='0,0 98,128' radical='K0'>
<comp char='米' uni='7C73' variant='4' points='0,0 128,60' />
<comp char='女' uni='5973' points='4,64 124,128' />
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</cdl>
<cdl char='米' uni='7C73' variant='4' points='8,8 120,120' radical='K0'>
<comp char='丷' uni='4E37' points='16,6 106,42' />
<comp char='十' uni='5341' points='0,0 128,128' />
<stroke type='p' points='47,71 0,128' tail='long' />
<stroke type='d' points='76,69 122,118' />
<!-- variant based on [U+EF2E](V=1) -->
</cdl>
<cdl char='丷' uni='4E37' points='32,16 96,64' radical='D1 K12 Q'>
<stroke type='d' points='0,0 34,116' />
<stroke type='p' points='128,6 84,128' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='十' uni='5341'>
<stroke type='h' points='0,58 128,58' />
<stroke type='s' points='64,0 64,128' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='女' uni='5973'>
<stroke type='pd' points='58,0 24,74 110,124' />
<stroke type='p' points='96,34 0,128' head='cut' tail='long' />
<stroke type='h' points='0,34 128,34' />
</cdl>
<cdl char='攴' uni='6534' variant='4' points='60,0 128,128'>
<stroke type='p' points='58,0 0,64' tail='long' />
<stroke type='h' points='40,34 128,34' head='cut' />
<stroke type='p' points='98,34 0,128' head='cut' tail='long' />
<stroke type='n' points='36,54 128,128' head='cut' />
<!-- variant based on [U+6535](V=0) -->
</cdl>
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Unicode: U+6570
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