About Japanese Numbers
There are 2 ways of counting numbers in Japanese.
One is the Chinese way of counting and the other is the Japanese way of counting.
Mainly, Japanese use the Chinese way of counting.
The Japanese way of counting applies only from one to ten.
Counting Numbers is based on the decimal system.
| Numbers | Chinese way | Japanese way | Kanji |
| 0 | ゼロ / れい zero / ree |
- | 零 |
| 1 | いち ichi |
ひとつ hito-tsu |
一 |
| 2 | に ni |
ふたつ futa-tsu |
二 |
| 3 | さん san |
みっつ mit-tsu |
三 |
| 4 | よん / し yon / shi |
よっつ yot-tsu |
四 |
| 5 | ご go |
いつつ itsu-tsu |
五 |
| 6 | ろく roku |
むっつ mut-tsu |
六 |
| 7 | なな / しち nana / shichi |
ななつ nana-tsu |
七 |
| 8 | はち hachi |
やっつ yat-tsu |
八 |
| 9 | きゅう / く kyuu / ku |
ここのつ kokono-tsu |
九 |
| 10 | じゅう juu |
とお too |
十 |
| 100 | ひゃく hyaku |
- | 百 |
| 1,000 | せん sen |
- | 千 |
| 10,000 | いちまん ichiman |
- | 一万 |
| 100,000 | じゅうまん juuman |
- | 十万 |
| 1,000,000 | ひゃくまん hyakuman |
- | 百万 |
| 10,000,000 | せんまん senman |
- | 千万 |
| 100,000,000 | いちおく ichioku |
- | 一億 |