Today’s #kanji is 数, which is listed under the radical of #ぼくづくり（攴/攵）. 数 is an informal variant of 數 which is made of its semantic element of 攴 and phonetic element of 婁, though 數 and 婁 don’t share a sound. 攴 has the meaning of holding a stick and 婁 has the meaning of short sticks used for calculation.
Meaning: to count, a number
Reading: スウ、ス、かず、かぞ
数学（スウガク）: n. mathematics
数人（スウニン）: n. a few people, several people
算数（サンスウ）: n. arithmetic (mathematics taught in primary school)
小数（ショウスウ）: n. a decimal (fraction)
小数点（ショウスウテン）: n. a decimal point
少数（ショウスウ）: n. a small number, a minority
多数（タスウ）: n. a large number
無数（ムスウ）: n. an infinite number, immensities
無数（ムスウ）の: numberless, countless, a limitless number of
数寄屋（スキヤ）: n. a tea ceremony room/hut
数（かず）: n. a number, an amount
数（かぞ）える: vt. to count, to calculate
