数すう字じ

noun

digit; numeral; numeric character

Refers to a written numeric symbol such as 0, 1, ２, or 九. Common in instructions about forms, passwords, and notation.

• パスワードには数すう字じを一ひとつ入いれてください。

  Please include one digit in the password.

• この欄らんは数すう字じで記き入にゅうしてください。

  Please fill in this field using numerals.

noun

number; figure; numerical value

Used for a number as data, a statistic, or a concrete figure, especially in business, reports, and explanations.

• 会かい議ぎの前まえに売うり上あげの数すう字じを確かく認にんした。

  I checked the sales figures before the meeting.

• 具ぐ体たい的てきな数すう字じを示しめしてください。

  Please show specific numbers.

noun

a few characters; several written characters

Rare use where 数 means 'several' and 字 means 'characters'; in modern everyday Japanese, 数字 is overwhelmingly understood as 'number' or 'digit.'

• 古ふるい文ぶん章しょうでは、「数すう字じ」が「数すう個この文も字じ」という意い味みで使つかわれることがある。

  In old writing, 数字 can be used to mean 'a few written characters.'