English Explanatory Dictionary

Suzhou numeral

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Chinese numeral character based on Southern Song rod numerals.
  2. The system using such characters.

Word forms

Suzhou numeral Suzhou numerals

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.

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