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 Numbers.

Figures.


 * 1
 * 一
 * 壹
 * Yat
 * Yat


 * 2
 * 二
 * 貳
 * Yí
 * Yí


 * 3
 * 三
 * 叁
 * Sám
 * Sám


 * 4
 * 四
 * 肆
 * Sz or sí
 * Sz or sí


 * 5
 * 五
 * 伍
 * Ng
 * Ng


 * 6
 * 六
 * 陸
 * Lok
 * Lok


 * 7
 * 七
 * 㭍
 * Tsat
 * Tsat


 * 8
 * 八
 * 捌
 * Pát
 * Pát


 * 9
 * 九
 * 玖
 * Kow
 * Kow


 * 10
 * 十
 * 拾
 * Sháp
 * Sháp


 * 11
 * 十一
 * Sháp yat


 * 12
 * 十二
 * Sháp yí


 * 13
 * 十三
 * Sháp sám


 * 14
 * 十四
 * Sháp sz

The Chinese figures in the left hand row are generally employed in the literature of the language. Those in the next column are used in those important matters wherein the complicated form of the figure may serve to prevent fraud. Those in the last row are the brief short hand figures of every day transactions.