Kanji1 / 13
数 kanji
number, strength, fate, law, figures
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
スウスサクソクシュ
Kun readings
かずかぞえるしばしばせめるわずらわしい
Variant forms
數Words with 数
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —冪数exponent; power
- —巻数volume number; reel number; scroll number; number of volumes; number of reels; number of scrolls; number of turns (of a coil); number of windings (of a transformer, electromagnet, etc.); a set number of scrolls to be read by a Buddhist monk
- —価数valence
- —暗数dark figure (esp. of crime); dark number; hidden figure; difference between the actual and reported figure
- —種数genus
- —留数residue
- —数論number theory; Samkhya (school of Indian philosophy)
- —数瞬a few moments
- —余数remaining number; remainder; complement (of a number)
- —数月several months
- —数行several lines (e.g. of flying birds); several streaks (e.g. of tears)
- —羽数number of birds (esp. poultry)
- —双数dual; dual number
- —陽数odd number (considered lucky in Onmyōdō numerology); yang number
- —陰数even number (considered unlucky in Onmyōdō numerology); ying number
- —数多many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous
- —位数order (in group theory)
- —席数number of seats; seating capacity
- —残数remaining number (of items); remaining quantity; amount left over
- —聖数holy number; sacred number