音読み: サン
訓読み: かぞえる
画数: 14
部首: たけかんむり（⺮）
Meaning
Count / Calculate
- Basic forms
- 数える — to count / base form
- 数えます — (I) count / polite / masu form
- 数えた — counted / ta form
- 数えて — count (and…) / please count / te-form
- 数えない — do not count / negative form
- 数えれば — if (I) count / conditional
- 数えろ — count! / imperative
- Other common forms
- 数えたい — want to count / 〜たい form
- 数えられる — can count / be counted / potential / passive
- 数えさせる — make someone count / causative
- More
- 数えよう — let’s count / 〜よう form
- 数えなかった — did not count / past negative
- 数えている — counting / progressive
数える (かぞえる) is an ichidan (ru-verb). The stem 数え remains constant (e.g., 数えます, 数えて). Commonly used for counting numbers, items, or people.
- 算数 — arithmetic
- 計算 — calculation
- 暗算 — mental calculation
- 予算 — budget
- 清算 — settlement
- 算盤 — abacus
More examples - tap to expand
- 概算 — rough estimate
- 換算 — conversion, exchange
- 逆算 — back-calculation
- 算出 — computation, figuring
- 算段 — plan, arrangement
Compound Verbs - tap to expand
- 数え上げる — to count up; to enumerate
- 数え直す — to count again; to recount
- 数え切れない — countless; innumerable (lit. cannot finish counting)
算 combines the radical for bamboo (⺮) — referencing early counting tools like tally sticks or abacuses — and a phonetic suggesting "to gather or compute." It has long been associated with math and counting.