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筭 [suàn] 1. **Meaning**: Ancient term same as "算", meaning calculation. - 计算。(Calculate) 2. **Noun**: - **Original Meaning**: A chip used for calculations. - **Character Formation**: The ancient form was 祘. Ideographic; consists of bamboo and to play. "Bamboo" represents counting chips, as explained in the "Shuowen": "Often playing will not err." - **Base Meaning 1**: Same as original meaning ([En.] chip) - **Example**: - 筭人 (Calculating population for tax collection) - **Base Meaning 2**: Scheme; plan ([En.] plot; plan) - **Quotations**: - From Jin, Lu Ji's "Elegy for Wei Wu Emperor": "Long schemes bend on short days, distant tracks halt on short roads." - **Example**: - 长筭 (Long-term planning) 3. **Verb**: - **Base Meaning 1**: Same as "算". To calculate, to plan ([En.] calculate) - **Quotations**: - From Mei Cheng's "Seven Lines": "Mencius held the chips and calculated, missing nothing." - From "Book of the Later Han - Biography of Zhang Heng": "Heng was skilled and focused his thoughts on astronomy, Yin and Yang, and calculations." - From "New Book of Tang": "Calculated with hooks and charts, dividing without error." - **Example**: - 计筭 (Calculate)