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苏州码子

Sū zhōu mǎ zi

4-character word Traditional 蘇州碼子

What 苏州码子 means

1. Suzhou numerals, i.e. the ten numerals 〡,〢,〣,〤,〥,〦,〧,〨,〩,〸 nowadays mainly used in traditional trades such as Chinese medicine
2. also called {草码|cǎo mǎ}

The characters in 苏州码子

• 苏sūused in 噜苏
• 州zhōuprefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division
• 码mǎ(archaic) agate; (bound form) standard weight used with a balance scale; number
• 子zinoun suffix, as in 椅子

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