筭
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Translingual
Han character
筭 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+7, 13 strokes, cangjie input 竹一土廿 (HMGT), four-corner 99441, composition ⿱𥫗弄)
Derived characters
- 𡀜
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 885, character 22
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26069
- Dae Jaweon: page 1314, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 2971, character 6
- Unihan data for U+7B6D
Chinese
| trad. | 筭 | |
|---|---|---|
| simp. # | 筭 | |
| alternative forms | 算 | |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (弄) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: suàn
- Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: suàn
- Wade–Giles: suan4
- Yale: swàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suann
- Palladius: суань (suanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /su̯än⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: syun3
- Yale: syun
- Cantonese Pinyin: syn3
- Guangdong Romanization: xun3
- Sinological IPA (key): /syːn³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Middle Chinese: swanH
- Old Chinese
- (Zhengzhang): /*sloːns/
Definitions
筭
- (obsolete) an ancient device for counting numbers
- (literary) strategy; tactic
- alternative form of 算 (suàn, “to count; to calculate; to figure”)
Compounds
Japanese
Kanji
筭
- An ancient device for working with numbers, count, calculate, figure
Readings
Vietnamese
Han character
筭: Hán Việt readings: toán[1][2][3][4][5][6]
筭: Nôm readings: toan[1][2][3][4][5][6][7], tính[2], trông[3]
- Variant of 算, see there for more details.
- chữ Nôm form of toan (“to intend (to); to attempt (to); to contemplate”)