数 · shǔ / shù / shuò · to count
Learn the Chinese character 数 with its source-linked HSK 3 status, pronunciation, one concise learning meaning, stroke order, real HSK words, and published learning contexts.
Writing guide
How to use the writing tool
- 1. WatchSee the stroke order for 数.
- 2. TraceFollow the guided strokes to build the movement.
- 3. WriteWrite from memory and receive feedback.
HSK vocabulary
Words with 数
Source-linked HSK vocabulary records that contain 数.
Linked HSK vocabulary
- 数学shùxuémathematics
- 多数duōshùmajority
- 分数fēnshù(exam) grade
- 人数rénshùnumber of people
- 少数shǎoshùsmall number
- 数shùto count
- 数量shùliàngamount
- 数字shùzìnumeral
- 数shǔto count
- 数据shùjùdata
- 无数wúshùcountless
- 总数zǒngshùtotal
- 次数cìshùnumber of times
- 数目shùmùamount
- 数字化shùzìhuàto digitize
- 岁数suìshuage (number of years old)
- 半数bànshùhalf the number
- 大数据dàshùjùbig data (computing)
- 倒数dàoshǔto count backwards (from 10 down to 0)
- 数一数二shǔyī-shǔ’èr(idiom) reckoned to be best or second best
- 数额shù’éamount
- 数据库shùjùkù(computing) database
- 数码shùmǎnumber
- 算数suànshùto count numbers
- 未知数wèizhīshùunknown number
- 招数zhāoshùmove (in chess, on stage, in martial arts)
- 整数zhěngshùwhole number
- 指数zhǐshù(numerical, statistical) index
Real usage
Example sentences with 数
Published HSK 3 course contexts only. Each sentence links back to the lesson that owns it.
No accepted HSK 3 course context containing 数 is indexed yet. This page does not generate example sentences.
Character questions
About 数
Short answers based on the sources identified on this page.
What does 数 mean in Chinese?
数 is listed here with the concise learning meaning: to count.
How do you pronounce 数?
数 is shown as shǔ / shù / shuò.
Is 数 an HSK 3 character?
Yes. 数 is HSK 3 recognition character #204.
Can I practise writing 数?
Yes. Use Watch, Trace, or Write above.
Learning details
- HSK 3 recognition
- HSK 3 handwriting practice
- 28 linked HSK words
Content transparency
Sources and editorial policy
- HSK placement: HSK 3 recognition character #204.
- Writing scope: HSK 3 handwriting practice.
- Meaning and pronunciation: CC-CEDICT and linked HSK vocabulary data, shown as supplemental learning metadata.
- Vocabulary: source-linked HSK vocabulary records, each linked to its published HSK vocabulary page.
- Example sentences: published course contexts only; this page does not generate new example sentences.
- Stroke-order practice: HanziWriter character data. This is a source-linked learning reference, not an official HSK publication.