數

數 U+6578, 數 ← 敷[U+6577] CJK Unified Ideographs 敹 →[U+6579] 數 U+F969, 數 ← 泌[U+F968] CJK Compatibility Ideographs 索 →[U+F96A] Japanese 数 Simplified 数 Traditional 數

數 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+11, 15 strokes, Cangjie input 中女人大 (LVOK), four-corner 58440, composition ⿰婁攵)

• 擻, 櫢, 藪, 籔

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 475, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13363
• Dae Jaweon: page 829, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1474, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6578

• Unihan data for U+F969

trad. 數 simp. 数 2nd round simp. 𮲓

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *sroʔ, *sros, *sroːɡ): phonetic 婁 (OC *ɡ·roː, *ɡ·ro) + semantic 攴.

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-tsjəj (“to count”); cognate to Tibetan རྩི (rtsi, “to count; to calculate”), Burmese ရေ (re, “to count”), Jingpho hti, Ersu htɛ⁵⁵ (STEDT).

Schuessler (2007) connects this word with Austroasiatic; compare Mon ရိုဟ် (rɜ̀h), from Middle Mon ruih (“to count”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *rʔis (“to count”).

數

1. to count; to enumerate 數銀仔／数银仔 [Cantonese] ― sou2 ngan4-2 zai2 [Jyutping] ― to count coins
2. to be reckoned as 數一數二／数一数二 ― shǔyī shǔ‘èr ― to be reckoned as first or second; to be one of the best
3. to criticize; to find fault; to blame 數落／数落 ― shǔluò ― to criticize, to scold
   • 子游曰：「事君數，斯辱矣，朋友數，斯疏矣。」 [MSC, trad.]子游曰：「事君数，斯辱矣，朋友数，斯疏矣。」 [MSC, simp.]From: Li Ren 26, The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCEZǐ Yóu yuē, “Shì jūn shǔ, sī rǔ yǐ, péngyǒu shǔ, sī shū yǐ.” [Pinyin]Zi You said, “Serving a prince and criticizing him, this brings disgrace; Having a friend and criticizing him, this brings alienation.”
   • 爲兒時母夫人日加嚴訓，不妄交遊。一日偶宿女隷家，其母面數之曰：「我已老，日夜望汝成長，立功名爲君親榮，今乃爾與屠沽小兒遊戱媱，房酒肆耶？」 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]From: 《破閑集》, 1260Wi a si mo bu’in il ga eomhun, bul mang gyoyu. Iril u suk nyeo rye ga, gi mo myeon su ji wal: “A yi ro, irya mang yeo seongjang, ip gongmyeong wi gunchin yeong, geum nae i yeo dogo so’a yuhui yo, bang dosa ya?” [Sino-Korean]When he was young, his mother raised him more sternly with every passing day, so he did not befriend anyone recklessly. [But] one day, he happened to stay the night in the house of a serf-girl. His mother faced him and scolded him: “I am old already. Day and night, I look forward to you becoming a man, making a name for yourself, and bringing glory to your lord and kin. And now, you are playing for pleasure with a girl from the riffraff, and having sex in the taverns!”

• (Malaysia, Singapore) 算 (suàn)

Exopassive derivation of Etymology 1 with suffix *-s., meaning “what is counted” (Schuessler, 2007).

數

1. number; figure; amount (Classifier: 個／个; 粒 c) 人數／人数 ― rénshù ― population
2. (mathematics) number 整數／整数 ― zhěngshù ― integer
3. (grammar) number 單數／单数 ― dānshù ― singular
4. several; few 數百人／数百人 ― shù bǎi rén ― several hundred people
5. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) mathematics; reckoning (one of the Six Arts)
6. short for 數學／数学 (shùxué, “mathematics”) 中英數／中英数 [Cantonese] ― zung1 jing1 sou3 [Jyutping] ― Chinese, English and mathematics
7. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) divination
8. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) skill
9. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) law; rule; regular pattern
10. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) legal system
11. fate; destiny 氣數／气数 ― qìshù ― fate
12. (Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min) account (Classifier: 條／条 c mn-t; 盤／盘 c) 數簿／数簿 [Cantonese] ― sou3 bou6-2 [Jyutping] ― account book 公數／公数 [Cantonese] ― gung1 sou3 [Jyutping] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
13. (Cantonese) debt (Classifier: 筆／笔 c; 條／条 c) 卡數／卡数 [Cantonese] ― kaat1 sou3 [Jyutping] ― credit card debt
14. (Cantonese) sum of money (Classifier: 筆／笔 c; 嚿 c)
15. (Cantonese) mathematical problem (Classifier: 條／条 c)

Derivation of Etymology 1, perhaps with distributive suffix *-k (Schuessler, 2007).

數

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) frequently; repeatedly 數見不鮮／数见不鲜 ― shuòjiàn bùxiān ― a common occurrence

數

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) fine and closely woven 數罟／数罟 ― cùgǔ ― closely woven net

• “數”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014-
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “数 (名词)”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 143.
• 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “数”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 214.

Shinjitai

数

Kyūjitai

數

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 数)

1. count
2. number

• Go-on: さく (saku)、しゅ (shu)←しゆ (syu, historical)、そく (soku)
• Kan-on: さく (saku)、しょく (shoku)←しよく (syoku, historical)、す (su)
• Kan’yō-on: すう (sū)
• Kun: かず (kazu, 數)、かぞえる (kazoeru, 數える)←かぞへる (kazoferu, 數へる, historical)、しばしば (shibashiba, 數)、せめる (semeru, 數める)、わずらわしい (wazurawashī, 數しい)←わずらはしい (wazurafasii, 數しい, historical)

From Middle Chinese 數 (MC srjuX|srjuH).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰu(ː)]
• Phonetic hangul: [수(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

數 (eumhun 셀 수 (sel su)) 數 (eumhun 셈 수 (sem su))

1. Hanja form? of 수 (“number; fixed quantity; figure”).
2. Hanja form? of 수 (“to count; to calculate”).
3. Hanja form? of 수 (“a little; a bit; a few; several”).
4. Hanja form? of 수 (“manners”).
5. Hanja form? of 수 (“grade”).
6. Hanja form? of 수 (“obligation; duty”).
7. Hanja form? of 수 (“fate; destiny”).
8. Hanja form? of 수 (“skill; technique”).
9. Hanja form? of 수 (“trick; scheme”).
10. Hanja form? of 수 (“means; method”).

From Middle Chinese 數 (MC sraewk).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [sʰa̠k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [삭]

數 (eumhun 자주 삭 (jaju sak))

1. (literary) hanja form? of 삭 (“often; frequently”)

From Middle Chinese 數.

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [t͡ɕʰo̞k̚]
• Phonetic hangul: [촉]

數 (eumhun 촘촘할 촉 (chomchomhal chok))

1. (literary) hanja form? of 촉 (“dense; thick”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [2]

數: Hán Việt readings: sác, số, sổ, xúc 數: Nôm readings: số, sổ, sỗ, sộ, xọ

1. chữ Hán form of số (“number”)