筭 suàn

1. suàn verb to count; to figure
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Variant of 算 (CC-CEDICT '筭'; Guoyu '筭' v; Kroll 2015 '筭' 2, p. 434; Unihan '筭')
2. suàn noun a counting stick
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: An ancient device for working with numbers (Guoyu '筭' n 1; Kroll 2015 '筭' 1, p. 434; Unihan '筭')
3. suàn noun a strategy
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '筭' n 2)

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• 第三 律曆下 曆法 Volume 93: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Three Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 33
• 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 24
• 大射 第七 7. The great archery meet (state level) The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮 — count: 18
• 卷一百四十九　列傳第三十六: 耶律留哥 劉伯林 郭寶玉 石天應 移剌揑兒 耶律禿花 王珣 Volume 149 Biographies 36: Yelu Liuge, Liu Bolin, Guo Baoyu, Shi Tianying, Yi Lanieer, Yelu Tuhua, Wang Xun History of Yuan 元史 — count: 15
• 第二 律曆中 賈逵論曆 永元論曆 延光論曆 漢安論曆 熹平論曆 論月食 Volume 91: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Two Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 11
• 卷二百〇五　　列傳第九十二: 姦臣 Volume 205 Biographies 92: Treacherous Ministers History of Yuan 元史 — count: 7
• 卷五十三 Scroll 53 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 7
• 卷五十九 張衡列傳 Volume 59: Biography of Zhang Heng Book of Later Han 後漢書 — count: 5
• 卷十 Scroll 10 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 5
• 卷四十八 吳書三 三嗣主傳 Volume 48: Book of Wu 3 - Biographies of the three heirs Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 5

Collocations

• 筭滩 (筭灘) 斬其將忽都荅而兀朱筭灘 — History of Yuan 元史, 卷一百四十九　列傳第三十六: 耶律留哥 劉伯林 郭寶玉 石天應 移剌揑兒 耶律禿花 王珣 Volume 149 Biographies 36: Yelu Liuge, Liu Bolin, Guo Baoyu, Shi Tianying, Yi Lanieer, Yelu Tuhua, Wang Xun — count: 13
• 八筭 (八筭) 坐實八筭于中 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — count: 13
• 筭外 (筭外) 筭外則所入紀也 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 第三 律曆下 曆法 Volume 93: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Three — count: 12
• 一筭 (一筭) 每一个釋一筭 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — count: 10
• 善筭 (善筭) 黃帝時善筭者也 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十上 馬融列傳 Volume 60a: Biography of Ma Rong — count: 8
• 筭上 (筭上) 即縮用筭上為日 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 第二 律曆中 賈逵論曆 永元論曆 延光論曆 漢安論曆 熹平論曆 論月食 Volume 91: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Two — count: 8
• 筭尽 (筭儘) 筭盡之外 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 第三 律曆下 曆法 Volume 93: Rhythm and the Calendar Part Three — count: 7
• 筭爵 (筭爵) 無筭爵 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉飲酒禮 第四 4. Rites of the district symposium — count: 6
• 视筭 (視筭) 北面視筭 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 鄉射禮 第五 5. Rites of the district archery meet — count: 5
• 历筭 (歷筭) 歷筭 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷四十八 楊李翟應霍爰徐列傳 Volume 48: Biographies of Yang, Li, Di, Ying, Huo, Yuan, Xu — count: 4