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数 — number; figure; several

number; figure; several; a few

Pinyin
shù · shǔ · shuò
Strokes
13
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
recognition only

This character has more than one reading — shù, shǔ, shuò — and the pronunciation depends on the word it appears in. The list below gives the syllabus reading for each word.

How to write 数: 13 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

数 — 13 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

Build a printable practice sheet with 数

Words with 数 in the HSK syllabus: 28

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 数学shùxuémathematicsHSK 3
  2. 多数duōshùmajority; mostHSK 4
  3. 分数fēnshùgrade; mark; score; fractionHSK 4
  4. 人数rénshùnumber of peopleHSK 4
  5. 少数shǎoshùsmall number; few; minorityHSK 4
  6. 数shùto count; to count as; to regard asHSK 4
  7. 数量shùliàngamount; quantity; quantitative; scalar quantityHSK 4
  8. 数字shùzìnumeral; digit; number; figure; amount; digitalHSK 4
  9. 数shǔto count; to count as; to regard asHSK 5
  10. 数据shùjùdataHSK 5
  11. 无数wúshùcountless; numberless; innumerableHSK 5
  12. 总数zǒngshùtotal; sum; aggregateHSK 5
  13. 次数cìshùnumber of times; frequency; order number; powerHSK 6
  14. 数目shùmùamount; numberHSK 6
  15. 数字化shùzìhuàto digitizeHSK 6
  16. 岁数suìshuageHSK 6
  17. 半数bànshùhalf the number; halfHSK 7–9
  18. 大数据dàshùjùbig dataHSK 7–9
  19. 倒数dàoshǔto count backwards; to count down; from the bottomHSK 7–9
  20. 数一数二shǔyī-shǔ’èrreckoned to be best or second best; one of the very bestHSK 7–9
  21. 数额shù’éamount; sum of money; fixed numberHSK 7–9
  22. 数据库shùjùkùdatabaseHSK 7–9
  23. 数码shùmǎnumber; numerals; figures; digital; amountHSK 7–9
  24. 算数suànshùto count numbers; to keep to one's word; to holdHSK 7–9
  25. 未知数wèizhīshùunknown number; an unknown; an uncertaintyHSK 7–9
  26. 招数zhāoshùmove; gambit; trick; scheme; movementHSK 7–9
  27. 整数zhěngshùwhole number; integer; round figureHSK 7–9
  28. 指数zhǐshùindex; exponent; exponentialHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.