数 Strokes Write it Listen 数 shù number; figure; several; a few HSK 2 13 strokes Radical 攵 Sound + meaning 26 words Built from娄soundlóua constellation; to wear; surname攵meaningpūto rap, to tap; script; to let go How it works攵 hints at the meaning (script), and 娄 lóu hints at the sound.