In Arabic numerals base 2 has 0 and 1, and base 10 has 0 to 9, which is also 10 numeric symbols.
Chinese has 10 numeric symbols for base 10, too, just a “10” symbol instead of a 0.
they already said that they have numerals for the base they use. from what I understood, basically imagine we use base 10 but have a numeral for it, let’s say X. our numbers go like this:
But the extra numeral that you’re representing with X would be base 11. It’s like how hexadecimal uses A-F for 10-15. But the range of numerals still ends at 15 instead of 16 because the 0 exists.
you’re conflating number systems. in this number system the positioning doesn’t assign value. that’s like saying Roman numerals are base 1001 because M.
Doesn’t base 4 only go up to 三? Like binary is base 2 and only has 0 and 1. 四 would be base 5.
In Arabic numerals base 2 has 0 and 1, and base 10 has 0 to 9, which is also 10 numeric symbols. Chinese has 10 numeric symbols for base 10, too, just a “10” symbol instead of a 0.
they already said that they have numerals for the base they use. from what I understood, basically imagine we use base 10 but have a numeral for it, let’s say X. our numbers go like this:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, X, X1,X2, X3, X4, X5, X6, X7, X8, X9, 2X, 2X1, 2X2, etc…
so i imagine it’s similarwhen they use base 4:
1, 2, 3, 4, 41, 42, 43, 24, 241, 242, 243, 34…
mind that i have no knowledge on this and I’m only interpreting what i understood from the comment above.
Spot on. Good example! And 十 is indeed just X on it’s side :D
But the extra numeral that you’re representing with X would be base 11. It’s like how hexadecimal uses A-F for 10-15. But the range of numerals still ends at 15 instead of 16 because the 0 exists.
you’re conflating number systems. in this number system the positioning doesn’t assign value. that’s like saying Roman numerals are base 1001 because M.