Basic numbers

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Basic Numbers

"0" is "rei". But, it fixes to call "zero".

J.Font number reading mean
零,〇 0 rei,(zero) zero
1 ichi one
2 ni two
3 san three
4 yon, shi four
5 go five
6 roku six
7 nana, shichi seven
8 hati eight
9 kyuu, ku nine
10 juu ten
十一 11 juu-ichi eleven
十二 12 juu-ni twelve
十三 13 juu-san thirteen
十四 14 juu-yon, juu-shi fourteen
十五 15 juu-go fifteen
十六 16 juu-roku sixteen
十七 17 juu-nana, juu-shichi seventeen
十八 18 juu-hachi eighteen
十九 19 juu-kyuu, juu-ku nineteen
二十 20 ni-juu twenty
二十一 21 ni-juu-ichi twenty-one
三十 30 san-juu thirty
四十 40 yon-juu, shi-juu forty
五十 50 go-juu fifty
六十 60 roku-juu sixty
七十 70 nana-juu, shiti-juu seventy
八十 80 hachi-juu eighty
九十 90 kyuu-juu ninety
100 hyaku hundred
二百 200 ni-hyaku two hundred
三百 300 san-byaku three hundred
六百 600 roppyaku six hundred
八百 800 happyaku eight hundred
千,一千 1,000 sen, issen thousand
二千 2,000 ni-sen two thousand
三千 3,000 san-zen three thousand
八千 8,000 hassen eight thousand
一万 10,000 iti-man ten-thousand
十万 100,000 juu-man handred-thousand
百万 1,000,000 hyaku-man million
千万,一千万 10,000,000 sen-man, issen-man ten-million
一億 100,000,000 iti-oku handred-million
十億 1,000,000,000 juu-oku billion
一兆 100,000,000,000 ittyou handred-billion
十兆 1,000,000,000,000 juttyou ten handred-billion

Old Counting of Number

Use All of number counting.
Japanese bend a finger for counting several.
hitotu futatu mittu yottu itutu muttu nanatu yattu kokonotu tou

You use a basic number to count more than 11.

Unit of Number

Japanese number unit changes every 4 figures.
1 unit is 0 to 9999.

oku unit man unit one unit
oku-no-kurai man-no-kurai  
9999-oku 9999-man 9999

9999 is "kyuu-sen kyuu-hyaku kyuu-juu kyuu".
A number unit be made 4 classes.
4th figure 3rd figure 2nd figure 1st figure
sen-no-kurai hyaku-no-kurai juu-no-kurai iti-no-kurai
sen class hyaku class juu class one class

List of most number.
number unit reading mean J.Font
1 iti-no-kurai iti one
10 juu-no-kurai juu ten
100 102 hyaku-no-kurai hyaku one hundred
1,000 103 sen-no-kurai issen one thousand
10,000 104 man-no-kurai iti-man ten thousand
  105 juu-man one hundred thousand
  106 hyaku-man one million
  107 issen-man ten million
10,0002 108 oku-no-kurai iti-oku one hundred million
  109 juu-oku one billion
  1010 hyaku-oku ten billion
  1011 issen-oku one hundred billion
10,0003 1012 tyou-no-kurai ittyou one trillion
  1013 juttyou ten trillion
  1014 hyaku-tyou one hundred trillion
  1015 issen-tyou  
10,0004 1016 kei ikkei    
10,0005 1020 gai iti-gai    
10,0006 1024 jo iti-jo     𥝱
10,0007 1028 jou iti-jou    
10,0008 1032 kou ikkou    
10,0009 1036 kan ikkan    
10,00010 1040 sei issei    
10,00011 1044 sai issai    
10,00012 1048 goku iti-goku    
10,00013 1052 kougasya iti-kougasya     恒河沙
10,00014 1056 asougi iti-asougi     阿僧祇
10,00015 1060 nayuta iti-nayuta     那由他
10,00016 1064 fukashigi iti-fukashigi     不可思議
10,00017 1068 muryou-taisuu iti-muryou-taisuu     無量大数

Figures of Number

i, kurai MEAN: serial, class / TYPE: G
keta Figure of Number
MEAN: figure / TYPE: G
Figure J.Font reading
(meaning)
J.Font reading
(meaning)
J.Font reading
(meaning)
9 一の位 iti-no-kurai
(one class)
一位 iti-i
(1st class)
一桁 iti-keta, hito-keta
(1st class)
99 十の位 juu-no-kurai
(juu class)
二位 ni-i
(2nd class)
二桁 ni-keta, futa-keta
(2nd class)
999 百の位 hyaku-no-kurai
(hyaku class)
三位 san-i
(3rd class)
三桁 san-keta, mi-keta
(3rd class)
9,999 千の位 sen-no-kurai
(sen class)
四位 yon-i
(4th class)
四桁 yon-keta, yo-keta
(4th class)
99,999 一万の位 iti-man-no-kurai
(ichi class of man unit)
五位 go-i
(5th class)
五桁 go-keta
(5th class)
999,999 十万の位 juu-man-no-kurai
(juu class of man unit)
六位 roku-i
(6th class)
六桁 rokketa
(6th class)
9,999,999 百万の位 hayku-man-no-kurai
(sen class)
七位 nana-i
(7th class)
七桁 nana-keta, shiti-keta
(7th class)
99,999,999 千万の位 sen-man-no-kurai
(sen class)
八位 hachi-i
(8th class)
八桁 hachi-keta, hakketa
(8th class)
999,999,999 一億の位 iti-oku-no-kurai
(ichi class of oku unit)
九位 kyuu-i
(9th class)
九桁 kyuu-keta
(9th class)
9,999,999,999 十億の位 juu-oku-no-kurai
(juu class of oku unit)
十位 juu-i
(10th class)
十桁 jukketa
(10th class)

Count of Money

en modern money in Japan
MEAN: circle / TYPE: G
sen 1/100 yen, old money (20th century)
MEAN: money, coin / TYPE: S
ryou old money (17-19th century)
MEAN: two, pair / TYPE: S
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J.Font reading mean J.Font reading J.Font reading
一円 iti-en 1 yen 一銭 issen 一両 iti-ryou
二円 ni-en 2 yen 二銭 ni-sen 二両 ni-ryou
三円 san-en 3 yen 三銭 san-sen 三両 san-ryou
四円 yo-en 4 yen 四銭 yon-sen 四両 yon-ryou
五円 go-en 5 yen 五銭 go-sen 五両 go-ryou
六円 roku-en 6 yen 六銭 roku-sen 六両 roku-ryou
七円 nana-en, siti-en 7 yen 七銭 nana-sen 七両 nana-ryou
八円 hati-en 8 yen 八銭 hassen 八両 hati-ryou
九円 kyuu-en 9 yen 九銭 kyuu-sen 九両 kyuu-ryou
十円 juu-en 10 yen 十銭 jussen 十両 juu-ryou
百円 hyaku-en 100 yen   1yen = 100 sen 百両 hyaku-ryou
千円 sen-en 1,000 yen     千両 sen-ryou
一万円 iti-man-en 10,000 yen     一万両 iti-man-ryou
十万円 juu-man-en 100,000 yen     十万両 juu-man-ryou
百万円 hayku-man-en 1,000,000 yen     百万両 hayku-man-ryou
一千万円 issen-man-en 10,000,000 yen     一千万両 issen-man-ryou
一億円 iti-oku-en 100,000,000 yen     一億両 iti-oku-ryou

dollar(弗) cent (聖) euro
J.Font reading J.Font reading J.Font reading
1ドル iti-doru 1セント iti-sento 1ユーロ iti-yuro
2ドル ni-doru 2セント ni-sento 2ユーロ ni-yuro
3ドル san-doru 3セント san-sento 3ユーロ san-yuro
4ドル yon-doru 4セント yon-sento 4ユーロ yon-yuro
5ドル go-doru 5セント go-sento 5ユーロ go-yuro
6ドル roku-doru 6セント roku-sento 6ユーロ roku-yuro
7ドル nana-doru 7セント nana-sento 7ユーロ nana-yuro
8ドル hati-doru 8セント hati-sento 8ユーロ hati-yuro
9ドル kyuu-doru 9セント kyuu-sento 9ユーロ kyuu-yuro
10ドル juu-doru 10セント jussento 10ユーロ juu-yuro
100ドル hyaku-doru 25セント ni-juu-go-sento 100ユーロ hyaku-yuro
千ドル sen-doru 50セント go-jussento 千ユーロ sen-yuro
一万ドル iti-man-doru 99セント kyuu-juu-kyuu-sento 一万ユーロ iti-man-yuro
十万ドル juu-man-doru     十万ユーロ juu-man-yuro
百万ドル hayku-man-doru     百万ユーロ hayku-man-yuro
一千万ドル issen-man-doru     一千万ユーロ issen-man-yuro
一億ドル iti-oku-doru     一億ユーロ iti-oku-yuro

Any Things

nan any things.
MEAN: what, how many / TYPE: G

何回(nan-kai), 何人(nan-nin), 何枚(na-mai), 何匹(nan-biki), 何才(nan-sai),