wooden counting skewer
Archaic term for a wooden stick or skewer used as a tally or counting tool in ancient times.
In ancient China, they lined up wooden sticks called 籌 to count numbers.
hygiene stick; anal cleansing stick
Archaic kanji for a counting skewer; not in modern use.
The historical derivation is uncertain; the kanji 籌 is conventionally associated with counting sticks or tallies.