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The suanpan (simplified Chinese: 算盘; traditional Chinese: 算盤; pinyin: suànpán), also spelled suan pan or souanpan) is an abacus of Chinese origin. The earliest known written documentation of the Chinese abacus dates to the 2nd century BCE during the Han dynasty, and it was later described in a 190 CE book of the Eastern Han dynasty, namely Supplementary…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suanpan | Country | China | 1.00 | infobox |
| Suanpan | Inscription | 2013 (8th session) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Suanpan | List | Representative | 1.00 | infobox |
| Suanpan | Reference | 853 | 1.00 | infobox |
| Suanpan | Region | Asia and the Pacific | 1.00 | infobox |
| Suanpan | related to Beads | There | 0.60 | section |
| Suanpan | related to Beads | The | 0.60 | section |
| Suanpan | related to Beads | Indian | 0.60 | section |
| Suanpan | related to Beads | If | 0.60 | section |
| Suanpan | related to Beads | In | 0.60 | section |
| Suanpan | related to Beads | Some | 0.60 | section |
| Suanpan | related to Beads | Extra Bead | 0.60 | section |
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