算 suàn
verb
: to beat
Kun Reading
算 | かぞえる kazoeru
ichidan verb | transitive verb
: to count; to enumerate
On Reading
算 | さん san
noun
: divining sticks
: () counting; calculation
算了 suan4le: that’s enough! forget it! let it be
算不了 suan4 bu4 liao3: does not count for anything; of no account
算是 suan4shi4: considered to be; at last
算術[术] suan4shu4: arithmetic; sums (mathematics as primary school subject)
[算術 | さんじゅつ sanjutsu: arithmetic]
算盤[盘] suan4pan2: abacus; plan; scheme [そろばん soroban: (kana only) abacus]
算帳[帐] suan4zhang4: to reckon (accounting); to balance an account; fig. to settle an account; to get one’s revenge
算起來[来]: adds up to
算命家 suan4 ming4 jia1: fortune-teller
打算 da3suan4: to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation
[ださん dasan: calculation; self-interest; selfishness]
計[计]算 ji4suan4: to count; to calculate; to compute
[計算 | けいさん keisan: calculation; reckoning; count
: forecast]
合算 he2suan4: worthwhile; to be a good deal; to be a bargain; to reckon up; to calculate
[がっさん gassan: adding up; totaling]
總[总]算 zong3suan4: at long last; finally; on the whole
預[预]算 yu4suan4: budget
不划算 bu4 hua2 suan4: it isn’t worth it; not cost-effective; not profitable; too expensive
[ださん dasan: calculation; self-interest; selfishness]
[計算 | けいさん keisan: calculation; reckoning; count
: forecast]
[がっさん gassan: adding up; totaling]
Japanese expression
*獲らぬ狸の皮算用 | とらぬたぬきのかわざんよう toranu tanuki no kawazanyou
: don’t count your eggs before they’re hatched; counting raccoon dog skins before they have been caught
Chinese idiom
*如意算盤[盘] ru2 yi4 suan4 pan2
: counting one’s eggs before they are hatched
說話算數 [说话算数] shuo1 hua4 suan4 shu4
: to keep one’s promise; to mean what one says
OR
說話算話 [说话算话] shuo1 hua4 suan4 hua4
: to do as promised; to be as good as one’s word; to honor one’s word; to mean what one says
人算不如天算 ren2 suan4 bu4 ru2 tian1 suan4
: God’s plans supersede our own; Man proposes but God disposes
会意 Associative Compound.
A bamboo ⺮ tool 具(目廾) (mu4: eye gong3: two hands radical 55) used to calculate.
Semantic:
筭 suan4: to regard as; to figure; an ancient device for working with numbers; count, calculate, figure
Historical Variant:
祘 suan4: to calculate
Examples:
這家公司现在使用電腦來計算所有的帳目。
zhe4 jia1 gong1si1 xian4zai4 shi3yong4 dian4nao3 lai2 ji4suan4 suo3you3 de zhang4mu4.
The company now uses a computer to do all its account.
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary