Meaning of suanpan | Babel Free

Definitions

A Chinese abacus with two beads on each rod in the upper deck and five beads on each rod in the bottom deck.

Examples

“The number of rods in the traditional suanpan is usually odd, and never less than nine.”

“Humboldt defended the idea that the Chinese suanpan (our abacus) might be at the origin of our number system.”

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