数

數
shù
#231 most
frequent character
number, figure, several, a few

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

数 joins 攵, meaning 'to strike', with 娄 lóu, the sound part. It first meant 'to reprimand'. From there it grew to 'to calculate, count' and then 'number'.

数 as a component in other characters

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Same Characters, Different Readings

数shuò
(literary) frequently, repeatedly
HSK 6
数shǔ
to count, to enumerate

Homophones

HSK 3
树shù
tree
HSK 6
束shù
to bind, to tie, bundle, cluster
术shù
method, technique
述shù
(bound form) to state, to tell

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