Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 数


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Meaning

to count, to enumerate

Pronunciation

shǔ, shù, shuò

Explanation

Left: to collect (Rice grains are by women been: collected.), right: strike 攵/ (a hand with a stick )

Mnemonic

The rice grains are for the woman with a stick: to count them.

Radicals

to collect(This radical is used with the meaning "to collect", because helpful mnemonics become possible, as for example with " to collect 搂", which is ethymological not correct.)
rap, strike(Shows originally a hand with a whip . It is usually simplified to 攵. Other radicals with a hand are: )
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Vocabulary

大多数 dà duō shù (great) majority
数值 shù zhí numerical
整数 zhěng shù whole number; integer (math.)
数目 shù mù amount; number
数据 shù jù data; numbers; digital
倍数 bèi shù multiple
计数 jì shù to count; reckoning
指数 zhǐ shù (numerical, statistical) index
复数 fù shù plural; complex number (math.)
除数 chú shù divisor (math.)
参数 cān shù parameter

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