# 数 — Count

Frequency rank 127 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Common in published Japanese. A handful of these and real text starts to open.

More common than 無 (Nothing), less common than 使 (Use).

- On’yomi: すう、す
- Kun’yomi: かず、かぞ
- Radical: 攴 Rap, Tap (Kangxi 66)
- Frequency path: Level I of XX
- School grade: 2
- Strokes: 13

A finger moves across a tally stick, touching each mark once.

In words:

- 数 かず — number,figure
- 数学 すうがく — mathematics,arithmetic
- 数える かぞえる — to count

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