Chinese symbol for “numeral”
数字
shù zì
Traditional: 數字
numeral; digit; number; figure
The closest CC-CEDICT match for numeral is 数字 (shù zì), defined as: numeral; digit; number; figure; amount; digital (electronics etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “numeral”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 码子 (碼子) | mǎ zi | (coll.) numeral; counter; chip; token |
| 数词 (數詞) | shù cí | numeral |
| 数目字 (數目字) | shù mù zì | numeral; digit |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 数字.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 数据 (數據) | shù jù | data |
| 人数 (人數) | rén shù | number of people |
| 数量 (數量) | shù liàng | amount; quantity; quantitative |
| 多数 (多數) | duō shù | majority; most |
| 少数 (少數) | shǎo shù | small number; few |
| 名字 | míng zi | name (of a person or thing) |
| 文字 | wén zì | character; script |
| 字母 | zì mǔ | letter (of the alphabet); 个 (gè) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “numeral”.
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.