算
suàn · HSK 2
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🧮 算 = 竹 bamboo + 具 tool: bamboo counting rods used to calculate
Ancient Chinese reckoners arranged 算筹 (bamboo rods) on a board to tally numbers, so 算 carries both the literal sense of computing and the figurative sense of regarding or counting something as.
算 — bamboo 竹 + abacus 具 (eye 目 + two hands 廾)
Originally depicted counting with bamboo rods on an abacus-like device. The top 竹 (bamboo) refers to the bamboo counting sticks used in ancient Chinese arithmetic, while the bottom shows hands manipulating them. The meaning broadened from 'to count' to 'to calculate' or 'to plan'.