We just need to say the first number followed by juu / じゅう. That is, 20 is said “2-10”, or ni-juu / にじゅう. The only exception is 100, which is hyaku / ひゃく, made up of hya / ひゃ and ku / く.Feb 13, 2020
How does counting in Japanese work?
There are two ways of writing the numbers in Japanese: in Arabic numerals (1, 2, 3) or in Chinese numerals (一, 二, 三). ... Starting at 万 (10,000), numbers begin with 一 (ichi) if no digit would otherwise precede. That is, 100 is just 百 hyaku, and 1000 is just 千 sen, but 10,000 is 一万 ichiman, not just *man.
How do you count Japanese characters?
You can count the Japanese characters on each page using a hand-held counter as you count to keep track. It's not so difficult, but a little time-consuming. Most Japanese translation agencies count the characters in a Japanese text. So, each hiragana/katakana and each kanji is counted as one character.Jan 25, 2006
Is seven in Japanese Nana or Shichi?
Hiragana English Phonetics
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しち / なな seven shichi / nana
はち eight hachi
きゅう/く nine kyu / ku
じゅう ten juu
Does Nana mean 7 in Japanese?
Nana is one pronunciation for the number 7 in the Japanese language, and is the one more commonly used.
Seven (7) is 七 (shichi, pronounced "shee-chee"). Because this has the same shi sound as in the number four, the alternate pronunciation nana is common. Eight (8) is 八 (hachi, pronounced "hah-chee"). Nine (9) is 九 (kyuu, pronounced "kyoo").
Is it yon or four Shi?
The number four (4) is called either “yon” or “shi” in Japanese. In the case of four you can say any of those. But for other words, like “death” (死）that is also pronounced “shi”, you can't change it for “yon”. In other words, “shi” and “yon” are both words that represents the number four.
Why are there different ways to say 4 in Japanese?
The simple reason is that some numbers are derived from the native Japanese pronunciation, known as kunyomi. What is this? The other numbers' pronunciations are drawn from the imported, ancient Chinese readings of kanji, known as onyomi. In the old days, Japanese only had, one, maybe two, ways of saying each number.Jan 4, 2021