籌ちゅう

noun

wooden counting skewer

Archaic term for a wooden stick or skewer used as a tally or counting tool in ancient times.

• 古こ代だい中ちゅう国ごくでは、籌ちゅうと呼よばれる木きの棒ぼうを並ならべて数かずを数かぞえた。

  In ancient China, they lined up wooden sticks called 籌 to count numbers.