算 suàn calculate
Made up of [⺮ zhú bamboo radical 118, 目 mù eye radical 109, 廾 gǒng two hands radical 55]Made with 14 strokes.
Originally a picture of hands manipulating counting rods made from bamboo
Ancient small seal form
Related characters
Also uses ⺮ zhú component: 笔 bǐ (pen) 第 dì (ordinal (1st,2nd)) ; 箭 jiàn (arrow) ; 筷 kuài (chopsticks) ; 笑 xiào (smile)
Also uses 目 mù component: 德 dé (virtue) 盾 dùn (shield) ; 睛 jīng (eye) ; 看 kàn (look) ; 冒 mào (to emit) ; 面 miàn (face) ; 盼 pàn (to hope for) ; 相 xiāng (each other) ; 直 zhí (straight) ; 自 zì (from)
Also uses 廾 gǒng component: 开 kāi (begin) 廿 niàn (twenty) ; 异 yì (different)
Pronunciation
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