Suzhou numerals

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Suzhou numerals
Traditional Chinese	蘇州碼子
Simplified Chinese	苏州码子
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin sūzhōu mǎzi Wu Suzhounese Sou1tseu1 Mo6tsy3 Yue: Cantonese Jyutping sou1 zau1 maa5 zi2
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	花碼
Simplified Chinese	花码
Literal meaning	flowery or fancy numbers
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin huāmǎ Wu Suzhounese hua1 mo6 Yue: Cantonese Jyutping faa1 maa5

The Suzhou numerals, also known as Sūzhōu mǎzi (蘇州碼子), is a numeral system used in China before the introduction of Hindu numerals. The Suzhou numerals are also known as Soochow numerals,^[1] ma‑tzu,^[2] huāmǎ (花碼),^{[3][better source needed]} cǎomǎ (草碼),^{[3][better source needed]} jīngzǐmǎ (菁仔碼),^{[3][better source needed]} fānzǐmǎ (番仔碼)^{[3][better source needed]} and shāngmǎ (商碼).^{[3][better source needed]}