画数って英語でなんて言うの？

The usual way to describe the intricacy of Kanji is to talk about the 'number of strokes' or 'stroke count' of an individual character. To simplify this for western ears, you may just talk about the number of separate lines drawn to form one character. "This character requires a four strokes."

When counting the number of strokes you would say: "The stroke count in kanji is...." or "The number of strokes in kanji is...."

You can say "stroke count" or "number of strokes." "Count" - you can count the number of strokes, and the number that you come up with is called "the count" A. Have you counted the cards left? B. Yes, and I came up with a final count of 5. A. Are you sure? B. Yes, I am sure! *a breeze passes by* B. Woah! Now there are only 3 cards! That was an amazing trick! Wow!

If you are talking about how many of something this is also called the 'number' or the 'amount' so you would say 'amount of stokes' or 'number of stokes' 'stroke count' means the same (you have counted the number of strokes)

"Number of strokes" can be used for the number of attempts that are made in a certain sport. "Number of tries" or "attempt count" can be used in reference to sports, but really can be used to refer to the number or times anything has been attempted or tried.

1) There are not very many other ways to say this. The number of strokes is grammatically correct and precisely answers the question. 2) The total stroke count is another way to answer this, but it would usually be used in a technical context. For example: "This sign's stroke count is clearly higher than that of the other sign, which signifies its complexity" or "The stroke count is an important aspect of Japanese Kanji".

Stroke - An act of hitting or striking someone or something. Example sentence: He received three strokes of the cane.

"Stroke count" to 'count' something is to keep a list or record of the number of times something will happen. 'Amount' Is usually referred to the quantity of something.