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. |
*'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) |
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. (十二兆三千四百五十六億七千八百九十萬一千二百零三) |
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. |
* 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.) |