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数字 (shù zì): meaning and stroke order

数字 (shù zì) means numeral, digit, number, figure, amount, digital (electronics etc), 个.

数字

Simplified
数字
Traditional
數字
Pinyin
shù zì

Stroke order of 数字

数

  • shǔ to count; to count as; to regard as
  • shù number; figure; several; a few
  • shuò (literary) frequently; repeatedly
  • 13 strokes
  • Traditional form: 數

Stroke by stroke

字

  • zì letter; symbol
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 数字

  1. shù zì Traditional 數字
    • numeral
    • digit
    • number
    • figure
    • amount
    • digital (electronics etc)
    • CL:個|个[ge4]

Radicals of the characters

数
Radical 攴 (Kangxi radical 66) · 13 strokes · 娄 on the left, 攵 on the right
字
Radical 子 (Kangxi radical 39) · 6 strokes · 宀 on top, 子 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

数字 in our stories

Preview version — Chinese review in progress.

  • 过了大约一分钟，老郝先沉不住气了：“当然，这个数字也不是不能商量……”

    guò le dàyuē yì fēnzhōng lǎo Hǎo xiān chénbuzhù qì le dāngrán zhè gè shùzì yě bú shì bù néng shāngliang

    After about a minute, Old Hao lost his nerve first: "Of course, this figure isn't set in stone…"

    From the story A minute of silence HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 数字

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).