数字

Character by character

• 数shù13 strokesHSK 2 traditional 數number; several, count; fate
• 字zì6 strokesHSK 1letter, character, word

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 那些数字是什么？

  Nà xiē shù zì shì shén me

  What are those numbers?

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 数字. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 名字míng ziHSK 1

  name (of a person or thing)

• 数shùHSK 2

  number; figure; several; a few

• 字zìHSK 1

  letter; symbol; character; word; courtesy or style name traditionally given to males aged 20 in dynastic China

• 数据shù jùHSK 4

  data

• 大多数dà duō shùHSK 2

  (great) majority

• 数量shù liàngHSK 3

  amount; quantity; quantitative

• 数学shù xué

  mathematics; mathematical

• 人数rén shùHSK 2

  number of people

• 无数wú shùHSK 4

  countless; numberless; innumerable

• 文字wén zìHSK 3

  character; script; writing; written language; writing style; phraseology

• 多数duō shùHSK 2

  majority; most

• 指数zhǐ shùHSK 6

  (numerical, statistical) index; (math.) exponent; index; exponential (function, growth)

• 少数shǎo shùHSK 2

  small number; few; minority

• 签字qiān zìHSK 5

  to sign (one's name); signature

• 数据库shù jù kùHSK 7

  database

• 数码shù mǎHSK 4

  number; numerals; figures; digital; amount; numerical code

• 倒数dào shǔHSK 7

  to count backwards (from 10 down to 0); to count down; from the bottom (lines on a page); from the back (rows of seats)

• 字母zì mǔHSK 4

  letter (of the alphabet)

• 分数fēn shùHSK 2

  (exam) grade; mark; score; fraction

• 数目shù mùHSK 5

  amount; number

• 次数cì shùHSK 6

  number of times; frequency; order number (in a series); power (math.); degree of a polynomial (math.)

• 绝大多数jué dà duō shùHSK 6

  the vast majority

• 总数zǒng shùHSK 5

  total; sum; aggregate

• 数额shù éHSK 7

  amount; sum of money; fixed number