Counting rods
Counting rods (筭) are small bars, typically 3–14 cm (1" to 6") long, that were used by mathematicians for calculation in ancient East Asia. They are placed either horizontally or vertically to represent any integer or rational number.
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| Traditional Chinese | 算籌 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 算筹 | ||||||||
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| Chinese | 算子 | ||||||||
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| Vietnamese alphabet | que tính toán trù | ||||||||
| Hán-Nôm | 𣠗併 算籌 | ||||||||
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| Hangul | 산가지 산목 | ||||||||
| Hanja | 算- 算木 | ||||||||
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| Kanji | 算木 算籌 | ||||||||
| Hiragana | さんぎ さんちゅう | ||||||||
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The written forms based on them are called rod numerals. They are a true positional numeral system with digits for 1–9 and a blank for 0, from the Warring states period (circa 475 BCE) to the 16th century.
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