草码

草碼
cǎomǎ
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Suzhou numerals (〡〢〣〤〥〦〧〨〩十)
  2. 2 old Chinese commercial numeral system

Examples

HSK 2
Cǎomǎ xiànzài yǐjīng hěn shǎo yǒu rén rènshi le.
Few people can read Suzhou numerals nowadays.
HSK 6
Zhōngyào pù lǎobǎn hái huì yòng cǎomǎ jìzhàng.
The owner of the Chinese medicine shop still keeps accounts with Suzhou numerals.

Tips

culture
Also called 苏州码子. A vertical-stroke numeral system (〡=1, 〢=2, 〣=3 ...) used historically in Chinese markets and accounting books. Mostly extinct today but still occasionally seen in Cantonese-speaking wet markets and old-school traditional Chinese medicine shops for price tags.

Stroke Order

cǎo