數

數 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+11, 15 strokes, cangjie input 中女人大 (LVOK), four-corner 5844₀, composition ⿰婁攵)

• 擻 櫢 籔 藪 𠐍 𡂡 𥖻 𨯃 𩪵 𩽋 𣀟 𩖅 𤻺 𡾄 𦇆 𭒫 𭯫 𮕍

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 475, character 4
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13363
• Dae Jaweon: page 829, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1474, character 1
• Unihan data for U+6578

• Unihan data for U+F969

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sroʔ, *sros, *sroːɡ) : phonetic 婁 (OC *ɡ·roː, *ɡ·ro) + semantic 攴.

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *r-tsjəj (“to count”); cognate to Tibetan རྩི (rtsi, “to count; to calculate”), Burmese ရေ (re, “to count”), Jingpho hti, Ersu htɛ⁵⁵ (STEDT).

Schuessler (2007) connects this word with Austroasiatic; compare Mon ရိုဟ် (rɜ̀h), from Middle Mon ruih (“to count”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *rʔis (“to count”).

數

1. to count; to enumerate

   數銀仔／数银仔 [Cantonese]  ―  sou² ngan^4-2 zai² [Jyutping]  ―  to count coins

2. to be reckoned as

   數一數二／数一数二  ―  shǔyī shǔ'èr  ―  to be reckoned as first or second; to be one of the best

3. to criticize; to find fault; to blame

   數落／数落  ―  shǔluò  ―  to criticize, to scold

   • 子游曰：「事君數，斯辱矣，朋友數，斯疏矣。」 [MSC, trad.]
     子游曰：「事君数，斯辱矣，朋友数，斯疏矣。」 [MSC, simp.]

     From: Li Ren 26, The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE

     Zǐ Yóu yuē, "Shì jūn shǔ, sī rǔ yǐ, péngyǒu shǔ, sī shū yǐ." [Pinyin]

     Zi You said, "Serving a prince and criticizing him, this brings disgrace; Having a friend and criticizing him, this brings alienation."

   • 爲兒時母夫人日加嚴訓，不妄交遊。一日偶宿女隷家，其母面數之曰：「我已老，日夜望汝成長，立功名爲君親榮，今乃爾與屠沽小兒遊戱媱，房酒肆耶？」 [Korean Literary Sinitic, trad.]

     From: 《破閑集》, 1260

     Wi a si mo bu'in il ga eomhun, bul mang gyoyu. Iril u suk nyeo rye ga, gi mo myeon su ji wal: "A yi ro, irya mang yeo seongjang, ip gongmyeong wi gunchin yeong, geum nae i yeo dogo so'a yuhui yo, bang dosa ya?" [Sino-Korean]

     When he was young, his mother raised him more sternly with every passing day, so he did not befriend anyone recklessly. [But] one day, he happened to stay the night in the house of a serf-girl. His mother faced him and scolded him: "I am old already. Day and night, I look forward to you becoming a man, making a name for yourself, and bringing glory to your lord and kin. And now, you are playing for pleasure with a girl from the riffraff, and having sex in the taverns!"

• (Malaysia, Singapore) 算 (suàn)

Exopassive derivation of Etymology 1 with suffix *-s, meaning "what is counted" (Schuessler, 2007).

數

1. number; figure; amount (Classifier: 個／个; 粒 c)

   人數／人数  ―  rénshù  ―  population

2. (mathematics) number

   整數／整数  ―  zhěngshù  ―  integer

3. (grammar) number

   單數／单数  ―  dānshù  ―  singular

4. several; few

   數百人／数百人  ―  shù bǎi rén  ―  several hundred people

5. ^† mathematics; reckoning (one of the Six Arts)
6. Short for 數學／数学 (shùxué, “mathematics”).

   中英數／中英数 [Cantonese]  ―  zung¹ jing¹ sou³ [Jyutping]  ―  Chinese, English and mathematics

7. ^† divination
8. ^† skill
9. ^† law; rule; regular pattern
10. ^† legal system
11. fate; destiny

    氣數／气数  ―  qìshù  ―  fate

12. (Cantonese, Hakka, Southern Min) account (Classifier: 條／条 c; 盤／盘 c)

    數簿／数簿 [Cantonese]  ―  sou³ bou^6-2 [Jyutping]  ―  account book

    公數／公数 [Cantonese]  ―  gung¹ sou³ [Jyutping]  ―  (please add an English translation of this usage example)

13. (Cantonese) debt (Classifier: 筆／笔 c; 條／条 c)

    卡數／卡数 [Cantonese]  ―  kaat¹ sou³ [Jyutping]  ―  credit card debt

14. (Cantonese) sum of money (Classifier: 筆／笔 c; 嚿 c)
15. (Cantonese) mathematical problem (Classifier: 條／条 c)

Derivation of Etymology 1, perhaps with distributive suffix *-k (Schuessler, 2007).

數

1. ^† frequently; repeatedly

   數見不鮮／数见不鲜  ―  shuòjiàn bùxiān  ―  a common occurrence

數

1. ^† fine and closely woven

   數罟／数罟  ―  cùgǔ  ―  closely woven net

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 数)

1. count
2. number

• Go-on: さく (saku)、しゅ (shu)^{←しゆ (syu, historical)}、そく (soku)
• Kan-on: さく (saku)、しょく (shoku)^{←しよく (syoku, historical)}、す (su)
• Kan’yō-on: すう (sū)
• Kun: かず (kazu, 數)、かぞえる (kazoeru, 數える)^{←かぞへる (kazoferu, 數へる, historical)}、しばしば (shibashiba, 數)、せめる (semeru, 數める)、わずらわしい (wazurawashī, 數しい)^{←わずらはしい (wazurafasii, 數しい, historical)}

From Middle Chinese 數 (MC srjuX|srjuH).

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [sʰu(ː)]
• Phonetic hangul: [수(ː)]
  • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

 

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

數

Wikisource

數 (eumhun 셀 수 (sel su))
數 (eumhun 셈 수 (sem su))

1. Hanja form^? of 수 (“number; fixed quantity; figure”).
2. Hanja form^? of 수 (“to count; to calculate”).
3. Hanja form^? of 수 (“a little; a bit; a few; several”).
4. Hanja form^? of 수 (“manners”).
5. Hanja form^? of 수 (“grade”).
6. Hanja form^? of 수 (“obligation; duty”).
7. Hanja form^? of 수 (“fate; destiny”).
8. Hanja form^? of 수 (“skill; technique”).
9. Hanja form^? of 수 (“trick; scheme”).
10. Hanja form^? of 수 (“means; method”).