个数 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

gè, ge, gě [measure word] Simplified

Pictograph of one stalk of bamboo. Same as one half of the character for bamboo (竹).

Character Evolution

Clerical form — Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD

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支

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kaH	kˤa[r]-s	tally, piece, item

Sources

Character origin: Wiktionary
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica

shù, shǔ, shu number Simplified

Simplified form of 數. Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 婁 represents the sound.

Components

攵 Meaning component

pū tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

娄 Sound component

lóu, lǚ, lǘ surname

Change in sound

数 and 娄 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
数 srjuX
娄 lju

Component uses

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擞薮

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

gè, ge, gě [measure word] Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 固 represents the sound.

Components

亻 Meaning component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

固 Sound component

gù to become solid

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	kaH	kˤa[r]-s	piece, item

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart

shù, shǔ, shu number Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 攵 represents the meaning and 婁 represents the sound.

Components

攵 Meaning component

pū tap

攵 is a component form of 攴.

婁 Sound component

surname

Change in sound

數 and 婁 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Middle Chinese.
數 srjuX
婁 lju

Character Evolution

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擻藪

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	srjuX	s-roʔ	count (v.)
	srjuH	s-roʔ-s	number (n.)
	sraewk	s-rok	frequently

說文解字

《說文》：“數，計也。从攴，婁聲。”

Sources

Character origin: 漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants: Unicode
Historical pronunciations: Baxter-Sagart
Historical images: Academia Sinica
Etymology: Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

个 gè, ge, gě [measure word] Simplified

Character Evolution

Component uses

Iconic (1)

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数 shù, shǔ, shu number Simplified

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

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個 gè, ge, gě [measure word] Traditional

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Historical Pronunciations

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數 shù, shǔ, shu number Traditional

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Character Evolution

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Sound (0 of 2 verified)

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說文解字

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gè, ge, gě [measure word] Simplified

shù, shǔ, shu number Simplified

gè, ge, gě [measure word] Traditional

shù, shǔ, shu number Traditional