Suzhou numerals

Suzhou numerals
Traditional Chinese蘇州碼子
Simplified Chinese苏州码子
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinsūzhōu mǎzi
Wu
SuzhouneseSou1tseu1 Mo6tsy3
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingsou1 zau1 maa5 zi2
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese花碼
Simplified Chinese花码
Literal meaningflowery or fancy numbers
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinhuāmǎ
Wu
Suzhounesehua1 mo6
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingfaa1 maa5

The Suzhou numerals, also known as Sūzhōu mǎzi (蘇州碼子), is a numeral system used in China before the introduction of Hindu numerals. The Suzhou numerals are also known as huāmǎ (花碼), cǎomǎ (草碼), jīngzǐmǎ (菁仔碼), fānzǐmǎ (番仔碼) and shāngmǎ (商碼).[1][better source needed]

  1. ^ Wikipedia entry in Chinese 苏州码子