from A Dissertation on the Nature and Character of the Chinese System of Writing, by Peter Stephen Du Ponceau, in a letter to John Vaughan, Esq., American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, 1838. Pp. 139-184 & 5 plates of Cochinchinese ideogram illustration.
Reformatted by Ngô Thanh Nhàn (US), Mai Bá Triều (Belgium) & Lương Thị Hạnh (Nôm Na Group, Việt Nam): (a) the second column Chars. is inserted to reflect the corresponding ideograms in the plates, and (b) the fourth line in column Cochinchinese in square brackets to reflect the current spelling with accents for the entry heading on line 1.
X.—Of Numbers.
293. |
没 |
Mot.
Un.
One.
[một] |
* See No. 303 B. |
294. |
𠄩 |
Hai.
Deux.
Two.
[hai] |
This character is composed of the Chinese No. 2, on the right; and on the left that of tay, high, eminent. G.1121. |
295. |
𠀧 |
Ba.
Trois.
Three.
[ba] |
* The Chinese No. 3, with a group which is pronounced pa. |
296. |
𦊚 |
Bon.
Quatre.
Four.
[bốn] |
* The Chinese No. 4, with a group which is pronounced pen. |
297. |
𠄼 |
Nam.
Cinq.
Five.
[năm] |
The numeral 5, with a group pronounced han. |
298. |
𦒹 |
Sau.
Six.
Six.
[sáu] |
* The numeral 6, with a group which is pronounced tseou. |
299. |
|
Bay.
Sept.
Seven.
[bảy] |
* |
300. |
糝 |
Tam.
Huit.
Eight.
[tám] |
* The numeral 8, with an abbreviation pronounced tang. |
301. |
𠃩 |
Chin.
Neuf.
Nine.
[chín] |
* The numeral 9, with a group pronounced tchin. |
302. |
𨒒 |
Muoi.
Dix.
Ten.
[mười] |
* |
303. |
𨒒 蔑 |
Muoi mob.
Onze.
Eleven.
[mười một 没] |
A.*
B. Mei, twigs. M. 7596. [ See No. 293.] |
304. |
𨒒 𠄩 |
Muoi hai.
Douze.
Twelve.
[mười hai] |
* [Ten-two (ten and two.) See 302 and 294.] |
305. |
𠄩 𨒒 |
Hai muoi.
Vingt.
Twenty.
[hai mươi] |
* [Two-ten (twice ten.) See 294 and 302.] |
306. |
𠀧 𨒒 |
Ba muoi.
Trente.
Thirty.
[ba mươi] |
* [Three-ten. See 295 and 302.] |
307. |
没 𤾓 |
Mot tram.
Cent.
A hundred.
[một trăm] |
A. [Mot, one, above. See 293.]
B.* The Chinese numeral 100, with a group pronounced lin. |
308. |
没 𠦳 |
Mot ngan.
Mille.
A thousand.
[một ngàn] |
[A*. See above, 307.]
B.* The numeral 1000, with a group pronounced ngan. |
309. |
没 |
Mot muon.
Dix mille.
Ten thousand.
[một muôn] |
A.* [See above, 307.]
B.* The numeral 10,000, with the 169th radical, men, door. |
310. |
没 𠄩 |
Mot hai muon.
Vingt mille.
Twenty thousand.
[một hai muôn] |
* Literally one-two (twice) ten thousand. [See above, 293, 294.] |
311. |
|
Muon muon.
Innumerable.
[muôn muôn] |
* [Thousand-thousand; as it were thousands without number.] |
312. |
萬 |
Muon van.
Un million.
A million.
[muôn vạn] |
[A. See No. 308.]
B. Ouan, ten thousand. G. 9037. |
313. |
錢 |
Tien.
La monnaie.
Money.
[tiền] |
Abbreviation of tsien, money. G. 11490. |
314. |
没 銅 |
Mot dong.
Une sapèque.
One sapek.
[một đồng] |
[A. See 293.]
B. Tong, copper. G. 11444. |
315. |
没 錢 |
Mot tien.
Soixante sapèques.
Sixty sapeks.
[một tiền] |
* [See Nos. 293, 313.] |
316. |
没 官 |
Mot quan.
Dix tien.
Ten tien.
[một quan] |
A. See No. 293.
B. See No. 116. |
317. |
没 |
Mot chuc.
Dix quan.
Ten quan.
[một chục 𨔿] |
A. See No. 293.
B.* The group is pronounced chou [or shoo.]
See 318 B. |
318. |
𠄩 贖 |
Hai quan.
Vingt quan.
Twenty quan.
[hai quan] |
A.* See No. 294.
B.* See No. 317 B. |
319. |
没 𤾓 贖 |
Mot tram chuc.
Mille quan.
A thousand quan.
[một trăm chục] |
* See Nos. 293, 307 B, and 317 B. |
