数千 Origin — Dong Chinese Dictionary

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

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

擞薮

Historical Pronunciations

Sources

Readings & variants: Unicode

qiān thousand

Phonosemantic compound. 一 represents the meaning and 亻 represents the sound.

Components

一 Meaning component

yī one

亻 Sound component

rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

Change in sound

千 and 亻 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
千 *s.n̥ˤi[ŋ]
亻 *ni[ŋ]

Character Evolution

Bronze form — Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC

Seal form — Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC

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Component uses

Sound (1 of 10 verified)

迁歼纤忏阡仟芊扦钎釺

Meaning (0 of 4 verified)

歼芊钎釺

Historical Pronunciations

	Middle Chinese	Old Chinese	Gloss
Baxter-Sagart	tshen	s.n̥ˤi[ŋ]	thousand

說文解字

《說文》：“千，十百也。从十，从人。”

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)

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

Regular Modern

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Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

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)

数 shù, shǔ, shu number Simplified

Components

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

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千 qiān thousand

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (1 of 10 verified)

Meaning (0 of 4 verified)

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說文解字

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數 shù, shǔ, shu number Traditional

Components

Character Evolution

Component uses

Sound (0 of 2 verified)

Historical Pronunciations

說文解字

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shù, shǔ, shu number Simplified

qiān thousand

shù, shǔ, shu number Traditional