筭 suàn

1. suàn verb to count; to figure
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Variant of 算 (CC-CEDICT '筭'; Guoyu '筭' v; Kroll 2015 '筭' 2, p. 434; Unihan '筭')
2. suàn noun a counting stick
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: An ancient device for working with numbers (Guoyu '筭' n 1; Kroll 2015 '筭' 1, p. 434; Unihan '筭')
3. suàn noun a strategy
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '筭' n 2)
4. suàn verb to count
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Japanese: san (BCSD '筭', p. 921; Unihan '筭')

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 47 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 3
• Scroll 6 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 2
• Scroll 10 Record of Buddhist Teachings Compiled During the Kaiyuan Era 開元釋教錄 — count: 2
• Scroll 2 Supplement to the Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 續一切經音義 — count: 2
• Scroll 25 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 2
• Scroll 51 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 2
• Scroll 1 Supplement to the Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 續一切經音義 — count: 2
• Scroll 3 Supplement to the Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 續一切經音義 — count: 2
• Scroll 68 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 2
• Scroll 94 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 1

Collocations

• 筭经 (筭經) 景迎反說文從口作京今俗從曰作亰非也十二京者數法名也謹案劉洪九京筭經從一至載數 — The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義, Scroll 6 — count: 10
• 筹筭 (籌筭) 以作籌筭 — Jātaka stories (Sheng Jing) 生經, Scroll 3 — count: 6
• 筭反 (筭反) 下倉筭反韻略云鑹小矟也考聲云短矛也又云南越謂之敄正作 — The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義, Scroll 30 — count: 4
• 黄帝筭 (黃帝筭) 又案此方黃帝筭法總有二十三數 — The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義, Scroll 22 — count: 3
• 上筭 (上筭) 是名俱致此當千萬百俱致名阿由多此當千億百阿由多名那由他此當萬億此應上筭也 — The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義, Scroll 9 — count: 3
• 计筭 (計筭) 居詣反謂計筭也國語計成而後行賈逵曰計謀也經文作係非體也 — The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義, Scroll 16 — count: 3
• 音筭 (音筭) 下音筭從草從祘也 — The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義, Scroll 35 — count: 3
• 九章筭 (九章筭) 數法名也黃帝九章筭法數有一十五等所謂一十百千萬億兆京垓秭壤溝澗正載此則第七及第 — The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義, Scroll 11 — count: 3
• 筭计 (筭計) 筭計多少具釋訓訖 — The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義, Scroll 13 — count: 2
• 筭端 (筭端) 上筭端反禮記云春其酸說文酢也從酉夋聲夋音七恂反下音咸尒雅云鹹苦也郭注云苦即大鹹也說文 — The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義, Scroll 31 — count: 2