Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Suzhou numerals or huama is a numeral system used in China before the introduction of Arabic numerals.The Suzhou numeral system is the only surviving variation of the rod numerals. Rod numeral system is a positional numeral system used by the Chinese in mathematics. The Suzhou numerals are a variation of the Southern Song rod numerals.Suzhou numerals were used as shorthand in number-intensive areas of commerce such as accounting and bookkeeping.