0111 - 數[수/삭/촉] - 셈, 산법 - number; several; count; fate

The Story [이야기] :

• This is a pictophonetic character.  The "hand with a stick" 攵 suggests the meaning, while 婁[루 → 수] suggests the sound.  婁 is the picture of a lady/queen 女 wearing a precious crown and by the use of her magic wand 攵 creates numbers.
• This character shows the picture of a household girl 女 with a weaving needle 攵 making fine garments for her family (as depicted by the thread/yarn above her).  The girl carefully counts the numbers of stitches for each garment.
• If the meaning is "to be frequent", 삭 is used.
• If the meaning is "to be fine and detailed (as in a decoration)", 촉 is used.

Stroke Order [획순] :

New Vocabulary [새로운 단어] :

수없이 [數없이] - in countless numbers; without [out of] number; beyond count
홀수 [홀數] - odd number
짝수 [짝數] - even number
문수 [文數] - shoe size; the size of shoes
일수 [日數] - the number of days; time; a day's luck
월수 [月數] - the number of months
연수 [年數] - the number of years
수일 [數日] - a few days; several days
수월 [數月] - several months; a number of months
수년 [數年] - several years; some [a few] years; a number of years
수십 [數十] - tens; several tens; scores; dozens
수백 [數百] - hundreds; several hundreds
수천 [數千] - thousands; several thousands
수만 [數萬] - tens [scores] of thousands; myriads
촌수 [寸數] - the degree of kinship [consanguinity]; the distance of blood relationship
수학 [數學] - mathematics; math(s)
숫자 [數字] - a figure; a numeral
소수 [小數] - a decimal (fraction)
대수 [大數] - (1) a big [great, large, high] number, (2) good luck; great fortune
기수 [氣數] - fate; destiny; luck; fortune

 

Example Sentences [예문] :

해마다 개발되는 數萬 개의 신상품 中 실제로 성공을 거두는 제품은 數百 개에 不과하다.
Of the tens of thousands of new products developed each year, only a few hundred actually become successful.

그는 數學에 관해서는 事실上 門外漢이었다.
He was practically illiterate in math.

數年間의 경험없이 경제活動을 이해하는 것은 不가능하다.
It is impossible to understand economic activities without years of experience.