数 shǔ
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 娄 a constellation 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
数
shǔ
to count
Character
Example phrases
- 我数一数。 Wǒ shǔ yi shǔ. I will count them.
- 你数人数。 Nǐ shǔ rénshù. You count the people.
- 他数苹果。 Tā shǔ píngguǒ. He counts apples.