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string figure

Summary

string figure is a children's game[1]. It draws 121 Wikipedia views per month (children_s_game category, ranking #31 of 53).[2]

Key Facts

  • string figure's image is recorded as Cats-cradle.svg[3].
  • string figure's instance of is recorded as children's game[4].
  • string figure's GND ID is recorded as 4153513-3[5].
  • string figure's subclass of is recorded as human activity[6].
  • string figure's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00576424[7].
  • string figure's Commons category is recorded as String figures[8].
  • string figure's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01tt_2[9].
  • string figure's topic's main category is recorded as Category:String figures[10].
  • string figure's MathWorld ID is recorded as StringFigure[11].
  • string figure's practiced by is recorded as string figure folklorist[12].
  • string figure's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as string-figures[13].
  • string figure's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[14].
  • string figure's Yale LUX ID is recorded as concept/e7355938-7b62-4a33-879f-dc4fbc83bf4e[15].

Why It Matters

string figure draws 121 Wikipedia views per month (children_s_game category, ranking #31 of 53).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). string figure. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/string-figure
MLA “string figure.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/string-figure.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_string-figure_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{string figure}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/string-figure}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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