Jisho

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13 strokes
Radical:
rap 攴 (攵)
Parts:
Variants:
number, strength, fate, law, figures
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
148 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 数 【スウ】 several, a number of, quantity, amount, counting, figures, numbers, number, numeral, figure, number, destiny, fate, course of events, trend
  • 数億年 【スウオクネン】 several hundred million years
  • 複数 【フクスウ】 plural, multiple, plural (number)
  • 枚数 【マイスウ】 the number of flat things, win-loss difference which influences the ranking of wrestlers
  • 数 【スウ】 several, a number of, quantity, amount, counting, figures, numbers, number, numeral, figure, number, destiny, fate, course of events, trend
  • 数億年 【スウオクネン】 several hundred million years
  • 数牌 【シューパイ】 suited tiles

Kun reading compounds

  • 数 【かず】 number, amount
  • 数多く 【かずおおく】 in great numbers
  • 手数 【てすう】 trouble, bother, number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.), number of punches
  • 口数 【くちかず】 number of words a person speaks, number of dependents, number of mouths to feed, number of shares, items, applications, etc.
  • 数える 【かぞえる】 to count, to enumerate
  • 屡々 【しばしば】 often, again and again, frequently, repeatedly

Readings

Japanese names:
じゅ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu4, shu3, shuo4
Korean:
su, chog

Spanish

  • número
  • cifra
  • contar

Portuguese

  • número
  • vigor
  • destino
  • lei
  • figuras

French

  • nombre
  • compter
  • destin
  • loi
  • chiffres
262 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
168 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
151 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
188 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2057 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
429 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
592 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2169 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3.6 Japanese for Busy People
225 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
225 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
529 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
945 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2245 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1170 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1591 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
938 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
13319 Morohashi
1790 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2353 New Nelson (John Haig)
929 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
998 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
159 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
227 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1066 2001 Kanji
4i9.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-9-4 SKIP code
9844.0 Four corner code
1-31-84 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6570 Unicode hex code

4 strokes
Radical:
hiding enclosure
Parts:
equal, head, counter for small animals, roll of cloth
Kun:
ひき
On:
ヒツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1384 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 匹偶 【ヒツグウ】 pair, couple (husband and wife), friend, comrade
  • 馬匹 【バヒツ】 horses

Kun reading compounds

  • 匹 【ひき】 counter for small animals, counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size), counter for horses, roll of cloth
  • 二匹 【にひき】 two small animals

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
pi3, pi1
Korean:
pil, mog

Spanish

  • una persona
  • confrontar
  • equilibrar
  • contador de animales
  • contador de largo de telas

Portuguese

  • igual
  • cabeça
  • sufixo para contagem de para pequenos animais
  • rolo de pano

French

  • égal
  • tête
  • compteur de petits animaux
  • rouleau de tissu (= 2 tan = ~19m)
1736 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1595 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
756 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1120 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
379 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
187 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1500 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1599 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1203 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
234 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3680 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1878 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2558 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1711 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
2673 Morohashi
2962 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
584 New Nelson (John Haig)
1695 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1830 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1025 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3475 2001 Kanji
2t2.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-2-2 SKIP code
7171.1 Four corner code
1-41-04 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5339 Unicode hex code