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Feb 2026

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Japanese Numbers Chart

0–99,999+ with kanji, readings, and sound changes

Basic Digits (0–10)

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0rei / zero
1ichi
2ni
3san
4shi / yon
5go
6roku
7shichi / nana
8hachi
9kyū / ku
10

Tens (10–90)

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10
20二十ni-jū
30三十san-jū
40四十yon-jū
50五十go-jū
60六十roku-jū
70七十nana-jū
80八十hachi-jū
90九十kyū-jū

Hundreds (100–900)

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100hyaku
200二百ni-hyaku
300三百san-byaku ⚠
400四百yon-hyaku
500五百go-hyaku
600六百rop-pyaku ⚠
700七百nana-hyaku
800八百hap-pyaku ⚠
900九百kyū-hyaku

Thousands (1,000–9,000)

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1,000sen
2,000二千ni-sen
3,000三千san-zen ⚠
4,000四千yon-sen
5,000五千go-sen
6,000六千roku-sen
7,000七千nana-sen
8,000八千has-sen ⚠
9,000九千kyū-sen

Big Numbers (万 man · 億 oku)

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10,000一万ichi-man
50,000五万go-man
100,000十万jū-man
1,000,000百万hyaku-man
10,000,000千万sen-man
100,000,000一億ichi-oku

⚠ Sound Change Rules

Certain number + counter/place-value combinations trigger pronunciation changes:

  • 百: 300 → sanbyaku, 600 → roppyaku, 800 → happyaku
  • 千: 3,000 → sanzen, 8,000 → hassen
  • These are the most common exceptions; other hundreds/thousands follow regular rules.