16 (number) old days, weighing was done with a beam balance to make equal splits. It would be easier to split a heap of grains into sixteen equal parts through successive divisions than to split into ten parts. Chinese Taoists did finger computation on the trigrams and hexagrams by counting the finger tips and joints of the fingers with the tip of the thumb. Each hand can count up to 16 in such manner. The Chinese abacus uses two upper beads to represent the 5s and 5 lower beads to represent the 1s, the 7 beads can represent a hexadecimal digit from
Hand heart Hand heart A hand heart is a gesture in which a person forms a heart shape using their fingers. Hand hearts are usually more popular within the young generation. The sign has been popularied by musical artists, such as Taylor Swift, who has used it in her live shows. In South Korea it is a known symbol among K-pop stars and their fans and has popularly been performed using the thumb and index finger. The thumb and index finger gesture has become popular across Asia due to the popularity of Kpop and Korean dramas. Hand hearts are widely used everywhere