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Changed: 2c2
The "Hua1 Ma3 (U+82B1, U+78BC for flowery or fancy numbers)" system and the character writing system become, however, gradually supplanted by the Arabic system.
The "Hua1 Ma3 (花碼 U+82B1, U+78BC for flowery or fancy numbers)" system and the character writing system become, however, gradually supplanted by the Arabic system.

Changed: 22,45c22,45
*'ling2' ('0') (U+96F6)
*'yi1' ('1') (U+58F9), (U+4E00)
*'er2' ('2') (U+8CB3), (U+4E8C)
*'san1' ('3') (U+53C3), (U+4E09)
*'si1' ('4') (U+8086), (U+56DB)
*'wu3' ('5') (U+4F0D), (U+4E94)
*'liu4' ('6') (U+9678), (U+516D)
*'qi1' ('7') (U+67D2), (U+4E03)
*'ba1' ('8') (U+634C), (U+516B)
*'jiu3' ('9') (U+7396), (U+4E5D)

*'shi2' ('10' or ten) (U+62FE), (U+5341)
*'bai3' ('100' or hundred) (U+4F70), (U+767E)
*'qian1' ('1000' or thousand) (U+4EDF), (U+5343)
*'wan4' ('1 0000' or myriad) (U+842C), (U+4E07) *
*'jing1' ('1000 0000' or 10 million) (U+4EAC) Ancient Chinese *
*'yi4' ('1 0000 0000' or hundred million) (U+5104) *
*'gai1' ('1 0000 0000' or hundred million) (U+5793) Ancient Chinese *
*'zi3' ('10 0000 0000' or thousand million or American billion) (U+79ED) Ancient Chinese *
*'zhao4' ('1 0000 0000 0000' or British billion or American trillion) (U+5146) *

*'fen1' (tenth) (U+5206)
*'hao2' (hundredth) (U+6BEB)
*'li2' (thousandth) (U+91D0)
*'ling2' ('0') (零 U+96F6)
*'yi1' ('1') (壹 U+58F9), (一 U+4E00)
*'er2' ('2') (貳 U+8CB3), (二 U+4E8C)
*'san1' ('3') (參 U+53C3), (三 U+4E09)
*'si1' ('4') (肆 U+8086), (四 U+56DB)
*'wu3' ('5') (伍 U+4F0D), (五 U+4E94)
*'liu4' ('6') (陸 U+9678), (六 U+516D)
*'qi1' ('7') (柒 U+67D2), (七 U+4E03)
*'ba1' ('8') (捌 U+634C), (八 U+516B)
*'jiu3' ('9') (玖 U+7396), (九 U+4E5D)

*'shi2' ('10' or ten) (拾 U+62FE), (十 U+5341)
*'bai3' ('100' or hundred) (佰 U+4F70), (百 U+767E)
*'qian1' ('1000' or thousand) (仟 U+4EDF), (千 U+5343)
*'wan4' ('1 0000' or myriad) (萬 U+842C), (万 U+4E07) *
*'jing1' ('1000 0000' or 10 million) (京 U+4EAC) Ancient Chinese *
*'yi4' ('1 0000 0000' or hundred million) (億 U+5104) *
*'gai1' ('1 0000 0000' or hundred million) (垓 U+5793) Ancient Chinese *
*'zi3' ('10 0000 0000' or thousand million or American billion) (秭 U+79ED) Ancient Chinese *
*'zhao4' ('1 0000 0000 0000' or British billion or American trillion) (兆 U+5146) *

*'fen1' (tenth) (分 U+5206)
*'hao2' (hundredth) (毫 U+6BEB)
*'li2' (thousandth) (釐 U+91D0)

Changed: 61c61,62
shi2 er2 zhao4 san1 qian1 si1 bai3 wu3 shi2 liu4 yi4 qi7 qian1 ba1 bai3 jiu3 shi2 wan4 yi1 qian1 er2 bai3 ling2 san1.
shi2 er2 zhao4 san1 qian1 si1 bai3 wu3 shi2 liu4 yi4 qi7 qian1 ba1 bai3 jiu3 shi2 wan4 yi1 qian1 er2 bai3 ling2 san1.

(十二三千四百五十六七千八百九十一千二百零三)

Changed: 99,100c100,101
The second character denotes the unit, such as yuan2 (U+5143 for dollar) or mao2 (U+6BDB for 10 cents) or sian1 (U+4ED9 for 1 cent) or li2 (for Chinese mile).
If the characters 'shi2' 'yuan2' are below the digits XO||=, it is then read as forty dollar and twenty two cents.
The second character denotes the unit, such as yuan2 (元 U+5143 for dollar) or mao2 (毛 U+6BDB for 10 cents) or sian1 (仙 U+4ED9 for 1 cent) or li2 (for Chinese mile).
If the characters 'shi2' 'yuan2' (拾元) are below the digits XO||=, it is then read as forty dollar and twenty two cents.

Changed: 115,124c116,125
* 0 is a circle (exact Unicode unknown, perhaps U+3007)
* 1 is one horizontal (U+4E00) or vertical (U+3021) stroke
* 2 is two horizontal (U+4E8C) or vertical (U+3022) strokes
* 3 is three horizontal (U+4E09) or vertical (U+3023) strokes
* 4 is a cross that look like X (U+3024)
* 5 is a loop (U+3025)
* 6 is a dot (signify 5 the same way as on an abacus) on top of one horizontal stroke (U+3026)
* 7 is a dot on top of two horizontal strokes (U+3027)
* 8 is a dot on top of three horizontal strokes (U+3028)
* 9 is a symbol (U+3029) looks like the Chinese character for "jiu3 (U+4E45)", compare to the formal character '9' "jiu3 (U+7396)".
* 0 is a circle (exact Unicode unknown, perhaps 〇 U+3007)
* 1 is one horizontal (一 U+4E00) or vertical (〡 U+3021) stroke
* 2 is two horizontal (二 U+4E8C) or vertical (〢 U+3022) strokes
* 3 is three horizontal (三 U+4E09) or vertical (〣 U+3023) strokes
* 4 is a cross that look like X (〤 U+3024)
* 5 is a loop (〥 U+3025)
* 6 is a dot (signify 5 the same way as on an abacus) on top of one horizontal stroke (〦 U+3026)
* 7 is a dot on top of two horizontal strokes (〧 U+3027)
* 8 is a dot on top of three horizontal strokes (〨 U+3028)
* 9 is a symbol (〩 U+3029) looks like the Chinese character for "jiu3 (久 U+4E45)", compare to the formal character '9' "jiu3 (玖 U+7396)". (Some web browsers, e.g. IE 5.5, display this character incorrectly, click [here] to see the correct graphic glyph.)

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