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==Related Lessons== | |||
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* [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/Nature-and-Environment|Nature and Environment]] | |||
* [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/识(識)-shí-know;-recognize|识(識) shí know; recognize]] | |||
* [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/务(務)-wù-be-engaged-in;-matter,-affair|务(務) wù be engaged in; matter, affair]] | |||
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* [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/简(簡)-jiăn-simple|简(簡) jiăn simple]] | |||
* [[Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/将(將)-jiāng-will,-be-about-to;-take|将(將) jiāng will, be about to; take]] | |||
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算 suàn reckon, calculate in Mandarin Chinese
Definition
Radical is 竹 zhú “bamboo.” The colloquial name for this radical is 竹字头 (竹字頭) zhúzìtóu “top made up of the character 竹.” When it is a radical, the third and sixth strokes of 竹 are shortened. The 算盘 (算盤) suànpán “abacus,” which is in China often used for “calculating” 算, is frequently made of “bamboo” 竹.
Examples
算 suàn reckon, calculate [V]
算钱 (算錢) suànqián calculate money, figure a price [VO]
Video
Sources
Book: Intermediate Written Chinese by Cornelius C. Kubler