(suàn) - to calculate; to count as, to consider as in Mandarin
suànTraditional: 算
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Translation
to calculate; to count as, to consider as
Word origin
算 (suàn) means 'to calculate, to count as'. It combines 竹 (bamboo) on top, recalling counting rods, with 目 (eye) and 廾 (two hands) below, picturing hands manipulating counting sticks while watching.
- Origin
- ideograph
- Root
- 竹 (bamboo, counting rods) + 目 (eye) + 廾 (two hands)
Stroke order
算
Examples
账。
Let me work out the bill.
。
This counts as nothing.
，。
Forget it, do not bring it up again.
，共。
I worked it out, fifty in total.
。
He counts as the cleverest of us.
算 (suàn) means to calculate or to count as.
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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 算.
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