Chinese numerals - Large number systems

Bases Base 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,16, 20, 24, 26, 27, 30, 32, 36, 60, 64 Today, speakers of Chinese use three numeral systems: the ubiquitous system of Hindu-Arabic numerals, along with two ancient Chinese numeral systems. The huama (Chinese: 花碼; Hanyu Pinyin: huāmǎ, lit. "flowery or fancy numbers") system has gradually been supplanted by the Arabic system in writing numbers. T ...

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• Chinese numerals - Written numbers
• Chinese numerals - Numeral characters
• Chinese numerals - Constructing numbers
• Chinese numerals - Large number systems
• Chinese numerals - SI prefixes
• Chinese numerals - Suzhou 蘇州 or huāmǎ 花碼 numerals
• Chinese numerals - Hand gestures
• Chinese numerals - Miscellaneous

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The Chinese character numeral system consists of the Chinese characters used by the Chinese written language to write spoken numerals. Similarly to spelled-out numbers in English (e.g., "one thousand nine hundred forty-five"), it is not an independent system per se. And since it reflects spoken language, it does not use the positional system as is done in Hindu-Arabic numerals, in the same way that spelling out numbers in English does not. See also:

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Just like Ancient Englishman used the Roman numerals for doing mathematics or commerce, Ancient Chinese used the rod numerals which is a positional system. The huāmǎ system is a variation of the rod numeral system. Rod numerals are closely related to the counting rods and the abacus, which is why the numeric symbols for 1, 2, 3, 6, 7 and 8 in the huāmǎ system are represented in a similar way as on the abacus. Nowadays, the huāmǎ system is only used for displaying prices in Chinese markets or on traditional h ...

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Chinese numerals, Chinese numerals - Written numbers, Chinese numerals - Numeral characters, Chinese numerals - Constructing numbers, Chinese numerals - Large number systems, Chinese numerals - SI prefixes, Chinese numerals - Suzhou 蘇州 or huāmǎ 花碼 numerals, Chinese numerals - Hand gestures, Chinese numerals - Miscellaneous

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Main article at: Chinese number gestures. There is a common method of using of one hand to signify the numbers one to ten. While the five digits on one hand can express the numbers one to five, six to ten have special signs that can be used in commerce or day-to-day communication. ...

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Chinese numerals, Chinese numerals - Written numbers, Chinese numerals - Numeral characters, Chinese numerals - Constructing numbers, Chinese numerals - Large number systems, Chinese numerals - SI prefixes, Chinese numerals - Suzhou 蘇州 or huāmǎ 花碼 numerals, Chinese numerals - Hand gestures, Chinese numerals - Miscellaneous

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