数字

See also: 數字

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 数字 – see 數字 (“numeral; number; figure; etc.”). (This term is the simplified form of 數字).

Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

---

Japanese

Kanji in this term
数	字
すう Grade: 2	じ Grade: 1
kan'yōon	goon

Alternative spelling
數字 (kyūjitai)

Noun

1. a digit (numeral)
2. a numeral
3. a figure, a thing expressed as a number (e.g. television viewership, score of games or sales)
   • 2019 December 1, ““キムタクがキムタクを貫(つらぬ)く”心(ここ)地(ち)よさ、キャラの解(かい)放(ほう)で確(たし)かとなった木(き)村(むら)拓(たく)哉(や)という冠(かんむり)”, in Oricon News‎^[1]:

     …視(し)聴(ちょう)率(りつ)不(ふ)振(しん)のこの時(じ)代(だい)に６(ろく)周(しゅう)連(れん)続(ぞく)２(ふた)桁(けた)をキープしている。だが本(ほん)作(さく)の反(はん)響(きょう)は数(すう)字(じ)からだけでは読(よ)み取(と)れない。

     …Shichōritsu fushin no kono jidai ni roku-shū renzoku futaketa o kīpu shite iru. Daga honsaku no hankyō wa sūji kara dake de wa yomitore nai.

     ...in terms of viewership rate depression, it kept getting double-digit viewership rates for six consecutive weeks. But the reaction to the program cannot be measured by figures alone.

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.