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

9 strokes
Radical:
grain
Parts:
second (1/60 minute)
On:
ビョウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
1015 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 秒 【ビョウ】 second (unit of time), arc second
  • 秒速 【ビョウソク】 speed per second, velocity per second, instant, moment, a few seconds
  • 壊変毎秒 【カイヘンマイビョウ】 decays per second, disintegrations per second, dps
  • 閏秒 【ウルウビョウ】 leap second

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
miao3
Korean:
cho, myo

Spanish

  • segundo (unidad de tiempo)

Portuguese

  • segundo (1/ 60 minuto)

French

  • seconde
499 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
403 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
380 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
831 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3271 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
867 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
779 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1152 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1207 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1151 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1432 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1462 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
774 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1052 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
908 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
24952 Morohashi
1137 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4129 New Nelson (John Haig)
899 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
965 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
344 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2260 2001 Kanji
5d4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-5-4 SKIP code
2992.0 Four corner code
1-41-35 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
79d2 Unicode hex code