Suzhou numeral

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Etymology

A calque of Chinese 蘇州碼子 / 苏州码子 (Sūzhōu mǎzi), from their use at the formerly important market town of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province. Mistakenly entered into Unicode as "Hangzhou numerals", which Unicode's policy precludes changing.

Noun

Suzhou numeral (plural Suzhou numerals)

  1. A Chinese numeral character based on Southern Song rod numerals.
  2. (in the plural) The system using such characters.

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