Basic Japanese Numbers (0–10) – Learn Counting in Japanese
Learn the fundamental Japanese numbers
Basic Japanese Numbers
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) as a major number unit instead of 1,000 like English.
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) 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
百万
