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Suzhou numerals

The Suzhou numerals, also known as Sūzhōu mǎzi (蘇州碼子), is a numeral system used in China before the introduction of Arabic numerals. The Suzhou numerals are also known as huāmǎ (花碼), cǎomǎ (草碼), jīngzǐmǎ (菁仔碼), fānzǐmǎ (番仔碼) and shāngmǎ (商碼). (Wikipedia).

Suzhou numerals
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The Story of Chinese Character :攵

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The Story of Chinese Character :攴

攴 is composed of 又(the picture of right hand) and卜(the picture of a stick or tool here, but has no relation with the meaning of卜), depicts a hand holding a stick or tool. 攵 is no longer an independent HanZi, it only exists as a BusShou or affix of the other HanZis such as 敲 and 敊. 攴 shares

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The Story of Chinese Character :姓

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The Story of Chinese Character :覺

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The Story of Chinese Character : 夃

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The Story of Chinese Character :圍

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The Story of Chinese Character : 廿

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