HSK 2 · Quantities

数

shǔ

to count

Stroke order of 数

数 is written with 13 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

A woman 女 with a tapping hand 攵 counts rows of 娄 piled things.

Parts: 娄 (sound) + 攵 tap

Example sentence

你数一数有几个人。

Count how many people there are.

Words with 数

分数score; mark 数字number; digit 多数majority 大多数the vast majority 少数minority 人数number of people 数量quantity; amount 数学mathematics

More words: Quantities

数字number; digit 一共altogether 部分part 大部分most; the greater part 一部分a part 多数majority 大多数the vast majority 少数minority 人数number of people 人口population 大量a large amount 许多many; a lot of 好多many; a lot 不少quite a lot

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