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  2. Japanese numerals - Wikipedia

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    yo 2: 四十 yo 2 so 1 (40), 四人 yo 2 tari (4 people) 5 itu: 五年 ituto 2 se (5 years) 6 mu: 六爪 mutuma (6 claws) 7 nana: 七瀬 nanase (many rapids) Often used to mean many. 8 ya: 八雲 yakumo 1 (many clouds) Often used to mean many. 9 ko 2 ko 2 no 2: 九柱 ko 2 ko 2 no 2 pasira (9 nobles / gods) 10 to 2 / to 2 wo: 十日 to 2 woka ...

  3. Chinese numerals - Wikipedia

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    Because percentages and other fractions are formulated the same, Chinese are more likely than not to express 10%, 20% etc. as 'parts of 10' (or 1 / 10, 2 / 10, etc. i.e. 十分之一; shí fēnzhī yī, 十分之二; shí fēnzhī èr, etc.) rather than "parts of 100" (or 10 / 100, 20 / 100, etc. i.e. 百分之十; bǎi fēnzhī shí ...

  4. Counting Rod Numerals - Wikipedia

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    Note: [1] [2] Counting Rod Numerals is a Unicode block containing traditional Chinese counting rod symbols, which mathematicians used for calculation in ancient China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam.

  5. Japanese units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The base unit of Japanese length is the shaku based upon the Chinese chi, with other units derived from it and changing over time based on its dimensions. The chi was originally a span taken from the end of the thumb to the tip of an outstretched middle finger, but which gradually increased in length to about 1 ⁄ 3 metre (33 cm ), just a few ...

  6. Japanese counter word - Wikipedia

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    In Japanese, counter words or counters are measure words used with numbers to count things, actions, and events. Counters are added directly after numbers. [1] There are numerous counters, and different counters are used depending on the kind or shape of nouns that are being described. [1] The Japanese term, josūshi (助数詞, lit.

  7. Chinese character sets - Wikipedia

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    There are 27,522 characters in the CJKV (China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam) Ideographs Area, including all the simplified and traditional Chinese characters in GB2312 and Big5 traditional. [37] In Unicode 15.0, there is a multilingual character set of 149,813 characters, among which 98,682 (about 2/3) are Chinese characters sorted by Kangxi ...

  8. Counting rods - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  9. Four-corner method - Wikipedia

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    The four-corner method or four-corner system (simplified Chinese: 四角号码检字法; traditional Chinese: 四角號碼檢字法; pinyin: sì jiǎo hàomǎ jiǎnzì fǎ; lit. 'four corner code lookup-character method') is a character-input method used for encoding Chinese characters into either a computer or a manual typewriter, using four ...