数字
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 4
数字 (shùzì) · number
数字 (shùzì) means “number; digit”. It is written with 2 characters: 数 (to count) + 字 (character). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 数字 is built
The characters
数 shǔ · to count
What 数 is made of
- 娄lóu — a constellation
- 米mǐ — uncooked rice
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 木mù — tree
- 女nǚ — woman
- 米mǐ — uncooked rice
- 攵pū — to rap
- 乂yì — crossed strokes
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 乂yì — crossed strokes
Origin hint: 攵 gives the meaning, 娄 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
字 zì · character
What 字 is made of
- 宀 — roof
- 丶 — dot
- 冖mì — cover
- 子zǐ — child
- 了liǎo / le — finish
- 乛 — bent stroke
- 亅 — hook
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 了liǎo / le — finish
Origin hint: A child 子 in a house 宀; 子 also provides the pronunciation (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这个数字是几？Zhège shùzì shì jǐ?What number is this?
请写下这些数字。Qǐng xiě xià zhèxiē shùzì.Please write down these numbers.
Questions about 数字
What does 数字 mean?
数字 (shùzì) means “number; digit”.
How do you pronounce 数字?
数字 is pronounced shùzì.
Which HSK level is 数字?
数字 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 大多数dàduōshùthe majority
- 多数duōshùmajority
- 分数fēnshùscore
- 人数rénshùnumber of people
- 少数shǎoshùfew
- 数量shùliàngquantity
- 数据shùjùdata
- 数码shùmǎdigital
- 无数wúshùcountless
- 数学shùxuémathematics
Learn 数字 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 34: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.