Chinese numeral

English

Noun

Chinese numeral (plural Chinese numerals)

(arithmetic) Any of the symbols 〇 (or 零), 一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六, 七, 八, 九, 十, 百, 千, 萬 / 万, 億 / 亿, etc. used to represent numbers in Chinese speaking countries/areas, Japan, at some stage in Korea and Vietnam.

Translations

numerals originated in China

Chinese:
Mandarin: 中文數字, 中文数字 (Zhōngwén shùzì), 中國數字, 中国数字 (Zhōngguó shùzì)
French: chiffre chinois m
German: chinesische Ziffer f
Japanese: 漢数字 (かんすうじ, kansūji)

Korean: 한자 숫자 (hanja sut-ja) (漢字數字)
Russian: кита́йская ци́фра f (kitájskaja cífra)
Thai: เลขจีน (lâyk jeen)
Vietnamese: chữ số Trung Quốc (數字中國), mã (vi)

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