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suzhou numeral

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English

Syllables
suzhou nu-mer-al
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Chinese numeral character based on Southern Song rod numerals.

noun

The system using such characters.

Etymology

A calque of Chinese 蘇州碼子 /苏州码子 (Sūzhōu mǎzi), from their use at the formerly important market town of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province. Mistakenly entered into Unicode as "Hangzhou numerals", which Unicode's policy precludes changing.

Inflected Forms

Suzhou numerals (plural)

Questions

What does suzhou numeral mean?
A Chinese numeral character based on Southern Song rod numerals.
Where does suzhou numeral come from?
A calque of Chinese 蘇州碼子 /苏州码子 (Sūzhōu mǎzi), from their use at the formerly important market town of Suzhou in Jiangsu Province. Mistakenly entered into Unicode as "Hangzhou numerals", which Unicode's policy precludes changing.

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