Meaning & readings
number, strength, fate, law, figures
On’yomi スウ、ス、サク、ソク、シュ
Kun’yomi かず、かぞ.える、しばしば、せ.める、わずらわ.しい
Nanori じゅ
Origin
This character combines two components to express the idea of counting and numbers. The left part originally depicted a type of grain or small objects, suggesting things that can be counted or enumerated. The right part is a classifier meaning "action" or "movement," which indicates doing something. Together, these parts suggest the repeated action of counting or tallying individual items, which eventually came to mean "number" in the broader sense. Over time, the character extended to related meanings like quantity, strength through numerical measurement, and the mathematical laws or rules that govern numerical relationships.
Components
- 娄
- 攵
Common words
Reference
- Strokes
- 13
- Kangxi radical
- 66
- Formation type
- Compound ideographic (combined meanings)
- Grade
- Grade 2 (Kyōiku)
- Frequency rank
- #148 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 2
- Unicode
- U+06570