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  2. Chinese numerals - Wikipedia

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    na 1-yeu-tha: 10 60: From Sanskrit nayuta नियुत 'myriad' 不可思議; 不可思议: bùkě sīyì: bat1 ho2 si1 ji3: put-khó-su-gī peq 4-khu sy 1-gni: 10 64: Literally translated as "unfathomable". This word is commonly used in Chinese as a chengyu, meaning "unimaginable", instead of its original meaning of the number 10 64 ...

  3. Chinese numerology - Wikipedia

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    Chinese numerology. Some numbers are believed by some to be auspicious or lucky (吉利, pinyin: jílì; Cantonese Yale: gātleih) or inauspicious or unlucky (不吉, pinyin: bùjí; Cantonese Yale: bātgāt) based on the Chinese word that the number sounds similar to. The numbers 6 and 8 are widely considered to be lucky, while 4 is considered ...

  4. Chinese number gestures - Wikipedia

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    a common sign for the number one. Chinese number gestures are a method to signify the natural numbers one through ten using one hand. This method may have been developed to bridge the many varieties of Chinese—for example, the numbers 4 (Chinese: 四; pinyin: sì) and 10 (Chinese: 十; pinyin: shí) are hard to distinguish in some dialects.

  5. List of numeral systems - Wikipedia

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    The Natural Area Code, this is the smallest base such that all of ⁠ 1 / 2 ⁠ to ⁠ 1 / 6 ⁠ terminate, a number n is a regular number if and only if ⁠ 1 / n ⁠ terminates in base 30. 32: Duotrigesimal: Found in the Ngiti language. 33: Use of letters (except I, O, Q) with digits in vehicle registration plates of Hong Kong. 34

  6. Hokkien numerals - Wikipedia

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    The Hokkien language (incl. Taiwanese) has two regularly used sets of numerals, a more ancient colloquial/vernacular or native Hokkien system and a literary system.. The more ancient vernacular numerals are the native numbers of Hokkien that trace back to Hokkien's origins itself, which is a Coastal Min language that spread southwest across the coast of Fujian from around the Min River.

  7. Counting rods - Wikipedia

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    sanchū. Counting rods (筭) are small bars, typically 3–14 cm (1" to 6") long, that were used by mathematicians for calculation in ancient East Asia. They are placed either horizontally or vertically to represent any integer or rational number. The written forms based on them are called rod numerals.

  8. Chinese mathematics - Wikipedia

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    Mathematics emerged independently in China by the 11th century BCE. [1] The Chinese independently developed a real number system that includes significantly large and negative numbers, more than one numeral system (binary and decimal), algebra, geometry, number theory and trigonometry. Since the Han dynasty, as diophantine approximation being a ...

  9. Finger-counting - Wikipedia

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    Chinese number gestures count up to 10 but can exhibit some regional differences. In Japan, counting for oneself begins with the palm of one hand open. Like in East Slavic countries, the thumb represents number 1; the little finger is number 5.