Suzhou numerals
| Suzhou numerals | |||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 蘇州碼子 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 苏州码子 | ||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 花碼 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 花码 | ||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | flowery or fancy numbers | ||||||||||||||
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The Suzhou numerals, also known as Sūzhōu mǎzi (蘇州碼子), is a numeral system used in China before the introduction of Hindu-Arabic numerals. The Suzhou numerals are also known as Soochow numerals, ma‑tzu, huāmǎ (花碼), cǎomǎ (草碼), jīngzǐmǎ (菁仔碼), fānzǐmǎ (番仔碼) and shāngmǎ (商碼).