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minus-squareSuperApples@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 个月前16 might break it… 四四 makes no sense as 十十 makes no sense… you’d write 百 (100) instead. And you get the same problem each time you go higher. You’d need base 4 equivalents of 100 = 百, 1,000 = 千, 10,000 = 万, 100,000,000 = 億,. Hmm, on the other hand you can have 十万 (100,000), so why not 四四 (16)? What’s 20, though…
16 might break it… 四四 makes no sense as 十十 makes no sense… you’d write 百 (100) instead.
And you get the same problem each time you go higher.
You’d need base 4 equivalents of 100 = 百, 1,000 = 千, 10,000 = 万, 100,000,000 = 億,.
Hmm, on the other hand you can have 十万 (100,000), so why not 四四 (16)? What’s 20, though…