Basic Japanese Numbers (0–10) – Learn Counting in Japanese
Learn the fundamental Japanese numbers
数字 (すうじ / Suuji) – Basic Japanese Numbers
What is Suuji?
数字 (すうじ / suuji) means numbers or numerals in Japanese. The kanji 数 means "number" and 字 means "character".
These numbers are the foundation of counting in Japanese. Before learning counters such as people, animals, floors, or machines, it is very important to memorize the numbers from 0 to 10.
How Japanese Numbers Work
Japanese numbers follow a logical pattern after 10.
11 = 10 + 1 (じゅういち / juuichi)
12 = 10 + 2 (じゅうに / juuni)
20 = 2 × 10 (にじゅう / nijuu)
Once you know the numbers from 1 to 10, you can easily build larger numbers.
Large Numbers
100 (ひゃく / hyaku)
1000 (せん / sen)
10000 (まん / man)
Japanese uses 10,000 (万 / まん) as a major number unit instead of 1,000 like English.
What is Suuji?
数字 (すうじ / suuji) means numbers or numerals in Japanese. The kanji 数 means "number" and 字 means "character".
These numbers are the foundation of counting in Japanese. Before learning counters such as people, animals, floors, or machines, it is very important to memorize the numbers from 0 to 10.
How Japanese Numbers Work
Japanese numbers follow a logical pattern after 10.
11 = 10 + 1 (じゅういち / juuichi)
12 = 10 + 2 (じゅうに / juuni)
20 = 2 × 10 (にじゅう / nijuu)
Once you know the numbers from 1 to 10, you can easily build larger numbers.
Large Numbers
100 (ひゃく / hyaku)
1000 (せん / sen)
10000 (まん / man)
Japanese uses 10,000 (万 / まん) as a major number unit instead of 1,000 like English.
零
1
一
2
二
3
三
4
四
5
五
6
六
7
七
8
八
9
九
10
十
11
十一
12
十二
13
十三
20
二十
21
二十一
30
三十
99
九十九
100
百
300
三百
500
五百
600
六百
800
八百
1000
千
3000
三千
8000
八千
10000
万
100000
十万
1000000
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