数 – number, strength, fate

13 strokesTaught in grade 2#148 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 数 means number, strength, fate, law, figures. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is スウ、ス、サク、ソク、シュ (suu, su, saku, soku, shu); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is かず、かぞ.える、しばしば、せ.める、わずらわ.しい (kazu, kazoeru, shibashiba, semeru, wazurawashii). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 攴 (no. 66).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	スウ	suu
On’yomi	ス	su
On’yomi	サク	saku
On’yomi	ソク	soku
On’yomi	シュ	shu
Kun’yomi	かず	kazu
Kun’yomi	かぞ.える	kazoeru
Kun’yomi	しばしば	shibashiba
Kun’yomi	せ.める	semeru
Kun’yomi	わずらわ.しい	wazurawashii

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 攴 (Kangxi radical 66). Components: 女・米・攵・夂・乞.

Words using 数

数学すうがくmathematics数すうseveral数かずnumber数字すうじnumeral数えるかぞえるto count回数かいすうnumber of times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)整数せいすうinteger単数たんすうsingle点数てんすうmarks複数ふくすうplural分数ぶんすうfraction枚数まいすうthe number of flat things無数むすうinnumerable回数券かいすうけんcoupon tickets過半数かはんすうmajority手数てかずtrouble手数てすうtrouble多数決たすうけつmajority decision数詞すうしnumeral

Example sentences

数学は彼女の弱点です。

Mathematics is her weak point.

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あの木の枝に数羽の鳥がとまっている。

Some birds are sitting on the branch of that tree.

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今年は失業者数が記録的になるだろう。

This year unemployment will reach record levels.

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Kanji with the same radical

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