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Numbers in Japanese can either be written in the usual "Arabic numbers" fashion (0...9), or using kanji. 0...9 is more often used when writing horizontally, kanji when writing vertically, although there are plenty of exceptions to both.
When using kanji to write numbers, a positional system is employed. 25 is "two ten five", 3479 is "three thousand four hundred seven ten nine", etc. Note that there is a character and word for 10,000 (man), but not for a million. To say a million, you have to say "one hundred ten-thousand".
Cardinal numbers are digits like 1, 2, 3, 4 … There are two ways of writing the numbers in Japanese, in Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3) or in Chinese numerals (一, 二, 三). The Arabic numerals are more often used in horizontal writing, and the Chinese numerals are more common in vertical writing.
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| English | Japanese Cardinal Numbers in Romaji | Kanji |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | rei [rei] | 零 |
| 1 | Iti [ichi] | 一 |
| 2 | ni | 二 |
| 3 | san | 三 |
| 4 | Shi | 四 |
| 5 | go | 五 |
| 6 | roku | 六 |
| 7 | nana | 七 |
| 8 | hati [hachi] | 八 |
| 9 | kyu | 九 |
| 10 | jyu | 十 |
| 11 | jyu ichi | 十一 |
| 20 | ni jyu | 二十 |
| 100 | hyaku | 百 |
Here are some examples of some other numbers which will give you an idea on how the structure of several numbers is made:
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| English | Japanese Cardinal Numbers in Romaji | Kanji |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | jyu nana, jyu shichi | 十七 |
| 151 | hyaku go-jyu ichi | 百五十一 |
| 302 | san-byaku ni | 三百二 |
| 469 | yon-hyaku roku-jyu kyu | 四百六十九 |
| 2025 | ni-sen ni-jyu go | 二千二十五 |
Ordinal numbers are used to determine a position or a rank, for example: first, second, third ... please look at the table below:
Katakana's main feature is short straight strokes and angular corners, that’s why Katakana is considered the simplest of the Japanese scripts.
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| English | Japanese Cardinal Numbers in Romaji | Kanji |
|---|---|---|
| first | tuitati | 1日 |
| second | hutuka | 2日 |
| third | mikka | 3日 |
| fourth | yokka | 4日 |
| fifth | ituka | 5日 |
| sixth | muika | 6日 |
| seventh | nanoka | 7日 |
| eight | youka | 8日 |
| ninth | kokonoka | 9日 |
| tenth | touka | 10日 |
| eleventh | zyuuitiniti | 11日 |
| twentieth | hatuka | 20日 |
| hundredth | hyakka | 100日 |
I hope the content of this page was useful to you, and that you learned some Japanese numbers, including the cardinal, and ordinal numbers. Try to memorize them to be able to use them in your daily conversation. Make sure to check our Learn Japanese page, which contains several lessons that might help you in your learning process.
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