Traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions, tailor shops, hardware stores, slaughterhouses, ..., and so on, but they are not directly related to Suzhou, but an ancient digital symbol in China, also called grass code.
For example:
〢〥
Ten dollars is straight.
〥〥
It seems that Yuan represents .5 in this way.
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 them?
(a)〤(b)a)〤〧(c))〩〢〦(d))〥〩〨
For the vast majority of people in Chinese mainland, such writing should be regarded as a gobbledygook. But it was a Changzhou person who did it easily. In his words, this is called "Suzhou code".
Suzhou Code is a folk "trade name" in China. What I found in the "people map" is called "Hangzhou symbol", which may be a mistake. Is there such a sign in Suzhou or Hangzhou today? You have to invite local people, 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 prices are all marked like this, there must be many locals who know. * * * At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Guangzhou was also very ordinary. It is said that this kind of "firm" is widely used in business, especially fruit stalls and vertical account books. Because of its strong image, it is very easy to learn and master. That year, vendors were skilled in writing even if they could not read, 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 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. In old China, it was a symbol of numbers, also called grass 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 one;
2, two vertical: 〢
3, three vertical: 〣
This is a cross: 〤
5, written as 〥, in fact, it is just five words written hastily.
6, written as a dot plus a horizontal, one of which stands for 5: 〦.
7. Write a little and add two horizontal lines: 〧
8. One point plus three horizontal lines: 〨
9, written as "long" grass: 〩
20. Two "ten" characters: 20
Besides, zero is still zero
On strokes, it is not much simpler than Chinese characters. But he is more vivid, because such an expression should be based on computing applications. Ancient people used an abacus to count. The above point is like the next child on the abacus indicating 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 at the age of 32, and write 〣〣.
Knowing these truths, this "history of senior one" problem will be much easier to do. (a) 〤 is 4720, (b) a) 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, look at one more number, the difference is too big, and it is generally recorded as two lines.
For example, if the price is 50.9 cents, you can write:
〥〩
▲
This ▲ stands for "corner", and its tip is generally placed below the middle of 〥 and 〩.
Another example: the price is 5 yuan and 80 cents, and you can write:
〥〨
●
This stands for "circle" and is generally placed below the middle of and.
For another example, if the price is 3,908 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 of the first digit.
Its size can be understood 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.