Chinese numerals
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Chinese numerals are words and characters used to denote numbers in written Chinese. Speakers of Chinese languages use three written numeral systems: the international system of Arabic numerals, and t
Chinese and Arabic numerals may coexist, as on this kilometer marker: 1,620 km (1,010 mi) on highway G209 (G二〇九), where "209" appears in positional notation as "二〇九", rather than the more common "二百九"
Shang oracle bone numerals of 14th century B.C.
West Zhou dynasty bronze script
Counting rod numeral example from the Yongle Encyclopedia showing the number 71,824
Arabic numerals
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The Arabic numerals are ten symbols used for writing numbers. The term often also implies a positional notation number with a decimal base, in particular when contrasted with Roman numerals. However,
Chinese numerals
…and characters used to denote numbers in written Chinese. Speakers of Chinese languages use three written numeral systems: the international system of Arabic numerals, and two indigenous systems ('small writing' 小写, and 'big writing' 大写). The more familiar indigenous system is based on Chinese characters that correspond…
Etching published 1503 showing usage of Arabic numerals
The first Arabic numerals in the West appeared in the Codex Vigilanus in Spain.
A page of the Liber Abaci. The list on the right shows the Fibonacci sequence: 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377. The 2, 8, and 9 resemble Arabic numerals more than Eastern Arabic numerals or Indian numerals.
A German manuscript page teaching use of Arabic numerals (Talhoffer Thott, 1459), presented together with the Hebrew alphabet and astrology