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

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

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