When I was living in China I had difficulty recognizing handwritten 9's and 1's. Their 9's are less half-circular than Westerner's are, and the 1's have a long

When I was living in China I had difficulty recognizing handwritten 9's and 1's. Their 9's are less half-circular than Westerner's are, and the 1's have a long stroke the top that looks like a sloppily written 7 to me. I would frequently look at a handwritten number and have to analyze what it was.