Kanji N3

数: number, strength, fate

数 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning number, strength, fate, written with 13 strokes. It is read スウ, ス, サク (on) and かず, かぞえる, しばしば (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 2. You will see it in 数 (かず, number) and 数字 (すうじ, numeral).

数

Meanings

  • number
  • strength
  • fate
  • law
  • figures
Strokes13
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 2
Frequency#148 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • スウ
  • ス
  • サク
  • ソク
  • シュ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • かず
  • かぞえる
  • しばしば
  • せめる
  • わずらわしい

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

12345678910111213

Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

123456789101112130 / 13

Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 13. Start at the dot.

Common words with 数

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 数かず

    number; amount

    JLPT N3
  • 数字すうじ

    numeral; digit; numeric character

    JLPT N3
  • 数学すうがく

    mathematics

    JLPT N4
  • 数えるかぞえる

    to count; to enumerate

    JLPT N3
  • 少数しょうすう

    small number; few; minority

    JLPT N1
  • 過半数かはんすう

    majority

    JLPT N2
  • 回数かいすう

    number of times; frequency; count

    JLPT N2
  • 複数ふくすう

    plural; multiple

    JLPT N2

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.