Apart from the 108 beads of a normal string, "they also come in sets of 54,42, 21 and even 1080 beads," explains Liao Kuei-Ying, Executive Curator at the Chang Foundation, adding that the "bracelets" of only 18 beads which are most commonly seen today are also a kind of prayer beads.
除了一般常見的一百零八顆珠子的之外，「也有串五十四、四十二、廿一顆珠子，甚至一千零八十顆珠子的」，鴻禧美術館副館長廖桂英解釋，像目前最常見、只有十八顆珠子，戴在腕上的「手串」，也是念珠一種。