Chinese symbol for “abacus”
算盘
suàn pán
Traditional: 算盤
abacus; measure word: 把 (bǎ); plan; scheme
The closest CC-CEDICT match for abacus is 算盘 (suàn pán), defined as: abacus; measure word: 把 (bǎ); plan; scheme.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “abacus”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 算盘.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 计算 (計算) | jì suàn | to calculate; to compute; to consider; to think over |
| 打算 | dǎ suàn | to plan; to intend |
| 预算 (預算) | yù suàn | budget |
| 就算 | jiù suàn | (coll.) even if |
| 计算机 (計算機) | jì suàn jī | computer; (Tw) calculator |
| 算是 | suàn shì | considered to be; at last |
| 键盘 (鍵盤) | jiàn pán | keyboard |
| 地盘 (地盤) | dì pán | domain; territory under one's control |
See also: Japanese symbol for “abacus”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.