Introduce "Suzhou code". Can it represent more than ten numbers? How to express it?

Suzhou code: 〡〢〣〤〥〦〧〨〩 (one two three four five six seven eight nine X)

Traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions, tailor shops, hardware stores, slaughterhouses, ..., etc., but it is not directly related to Suzhou, but an ancient digital symbol in China, also called grass code.

For example:

〢〥

Ten yuan is straight.

〥〥

A yuan like this seems to represent 0.5.

〢○

Ten yuan =

〧〨〩

One hundred = 789

〢〣〤

Thousand = 2 134

When "〡〢〣" meet, the middle will become a horizontal line. Otherwise, "|||" will not be known.

One hundred and eleven, three, twenty-one or twelve.

Suzhou digital

There is a post on the internet that makes many people feel ashamed. It is called "National Taiwan Province Provincial Normal University 9 1 School Year First Term Final Senior One History Examination", and one of the multiple-choice questions is:

Wang was a businessman in the middle school attached to Baohao in the Song Dynasty. In order to keep accounts, he uses business figures. If he bought 598 books, how should he keep accounts?

〤（a)〤〧）)〩〢〦（)〥〩〨）

For the vast majority of Chinese mainland people, such writing should be regarded as a gobbledygook. But a Changzhou person did it easily. In his words, this is called "Suzhou Password".

Suzhou Code is a folk "trade name" in China. It may be a mistake to find that it is called "Hangzhou symbol" in "People Map". Is there such a sign in Suzhou or Hangzhou today? You have to invite local people and even local businessmen to get the certificate. However, it is said that this pricing method can still be seen among small vendors in Taiwan Province Province. Since the price is so marked, there must be many locals who know it. In the early days of the People's Republic of China, Guangzhou was also very ordinary. It is said that this "business number" is widely used in business, especially in fruit stalls and vertical account books. Because of its vivid image, it is very easy to learn and master. In that year, even if the vendors were illiterate, they could write skillfully, so they became their "business people". After the founding of the People's Republic of China, with the decline of industry and commerce, it was probably broken together when it was "broken".

According to the introduction on the Internet, Suzhou Yard is mostly used in Chinese medicine prescriptions, tailor shops, hardware stores, slaughterhouses and other commercial occasions. It is the digital symbol of old China, also called draft code and quotient code.

Symbols that look magical are actually worthless when they are broken. In order to let everyone know more about 〡〢〣〤〥〦〧〨〩〩〩〩〩〩〩〩〩〩〩〩〩〩〩〩

1, just write a vertical row;

2, two vertical: 〢

Three verticals: 〣

This is a cross: 〤

5, written as 〥, in fact, only five words are written casually and quickly.

6. Write a dot and a horizontal line, one of which stands for 5: 〦.

7. Write a dot with two horizontal lines: 〧

8. One point plus three horizontal lines: 〨

9. Grass written as "long": 〩

20. Two "ten" characters: 20

Besides, zero is still zero

On strokes, it is not much simpler than Chinese characters. But it is more vivid, because such expressions should be based on computing applications. Ancient people used an abacus to count. The above point is like dialing a child on an abacus to represent five, so 〦 is six and 〧 is seven, which is easy to understand. It should be noted that when "〡〢〣" meet, the middle will become a horizontal line. Otherwise, "||" will not know whether it is one hundred and eleven, three, twenty-one or twelve. If you say 2 134, you should write 〢〣〤 and 〣〣 at the age of 32.

Knowing these truths, this "history of senior one" problem will be much easier to do. (a)〤 is 4720, (b) 〤 is 347, (c)〩〢 is 926, and (D)〥〩〨.

Of course, the real use of these symbols should be combined with the characteristics of vertical writing of ancient books. Otherwise, if you look at multiple numbers, the difference is too big, usually recorded as two lines.

For example, if the price is 50.9 cents, you can write:

〥〩

▲

This ▲ stands for "angle", and its tip is usually located below the middle of 〥 and 〩.

Another example: the price is 8 cents in 5 yuan. You can write:

〥〨

●

This stands for "circle" and is generally placed below the middle of 〥 and 〨.

Another example, the price tag is 3908 yuan, you can write:

〣〩0〨

a thousand

When you say 1000 words, you should put them under 〣, which may be due to different customs in different places. But it should be marked below (or below) the right side of the first digit.

Its size is clear at a glance.

Some people say that this symbol is the "slang" of the whole industry and commerce, which fully shows the opacity of domestic industry and commerce.