Chinese characters translation

[lonny tao]

I have a chinese pot with bamboo sticks inside.

The sticks have a Chinese number on it.

Some sticks have only a number, others have a number with a Chinese charakter.

I can read the Chinese numbers, but the characters, I don`t know what they mean.

Anybody can tell me?

On the picture are four sticks, all sticks have a number with other characters.

And these sticks, where is it used for?

I was thinking for future prediction or something?

I believe you need also a book with it but I don`t have that.

Lonny

[edelweis]

They're all numbers. 卅 means thirty, 卄 means twenty.

See usage here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kau_Cim

四十六 46

卄一 21

卅一 31

九十四 94

[lonny tao]

Hello, Thanks for your reply.

I didn`t know the characters where all numbers, twenty and thirty?

I know how to write twenty and thirty in Chinese but that is different like this.

And the link to wikipedia: great! that is fantastic information, now I know where the sticks are for.

Thanks,

Lonny

[edelweis]

You're correct, this is not the usual way to write twenty and thirty.

Many Chinese characters and words have variants

[liuzhou]

You're correct, this is not the usual way to write twenty and thirty.

The alternatives 廿 (niàn) and 卅 (sà) are often used in newspapers (to save space) and on calendars.

http://www.liuzhou.c...age.htm#numbers

[lonny tao]

That is some very interesting information.

Thanks for the link, that is a nice website for me to learn more about Chinese.

Lonny.