Table of Japanese counters
This table shows how the sounds of counters change with the sound of the
numbers.
You have to be careful with special combination between the numbers and the counters.
* ( ) means the change is optional.
* An empty box means the sound change does not occur.
regular | h ¨ | h ¨p/b | p | k | k ¨ | s | s ¨z | t | special vocabulary | |||||||
1 | ichi | ipp | ipp | (ipp) | ikk | ikk | iss | iss | itts | hitotsu | tsuitachi | hitori | 1 | |||
2 | ni | futatsu | futsuka | hutari | 2 | |||||||||||
3 | san | p | b | g | z | mittsu | mikka | 3 | ||||||||
4 | yon | shi | yo | yo | p | yottsu | yokka | 4 | ||||||||
5 | go | itsutsu | itsuka | yonin | 5 | |||||||||||
6 | roku | ropp | ropp | rokk | rokk | muttsu | muika | 6 | ||||||||
7 | nana | shichi | shichi nana |
shichi nana |
nanatsu | nanoka | nana nin shichi nin |
7 | ||||||||
8 | hachi | (happ) | happ | (happ) | hakk | hakk | hass | hass | hatts | yattsu | yooka | 8 | ||||
9 | kyu | ku | ku | kokonotsu | kokonoka | 9 | ||||||||||
10 | juu | jupp | jupp | jupp | jukk | jukk | juss | juss | jutts | too | tooka | 10 | ||||
How many | *nan | p | b | g | z | ikutsu | nannichi | How many | ||||||||
Counters | doru |
gatsu | ji | nen | fun | hon | peeji | kagetsu | kai (floor) | sento | soku | tsuu | age of people 20: hatachi |
nichi (date) |
nin (number of people) |
|
en | jikan | nenkan | funkan | hai | pondo | ka | ken | shuukan | 10th: tooka | |||||||
mai | hiki | kai | satsu | *sen | small items (only 1-9) | 20th: hatsuka | ||||||||||
do | *hyaku | ko | * sai | 14th: juuyokka | ||||||||||||
*juu | 24th: nijuuyokka | |||||||||||||||
man | 19th: juukunichi | |||||||||||||||
wa | 19th: nijuukunichi | |||||||||||||||
dai | 17th: juushichinichi | |||||||||||||||
yuuro | others: regular number{nichi |
* 10 (juu), 20 (nijuu), 30 (sanjuu)...100 (hyaku), 200 (nihyaku), 300 (sanbyaku)...1000 (sen), 2000 (nisen), 3000 (sanzen)...10000 (ichiman), 20000 (niman)........
* nan + counter : how many `@irregular: nanpun, nanbon, nangai, nanzoku,
etc.
counters | used for | note |
doru | $ | |
en | Japanese yen | |
mai | paper, plate, shirt, skirt, jacket, curtain, ticket, picture, postcard, envelope, etc | flat items * When you mail a letter or postcard, "tsuu" is used. When you buy a postcard, "mai" is used |
do | degree (temperature, angle), frequency(times) | "kai" is also used for frequency |
gatsu | month | * April: 4 (shi)gatsu, July: 7 (shichi)gatsu, September: 9 (ku)gatsu |
ji | o'clock | |
jkan | hour | period |
nen | year | |
nenkan | for ( ) years | period |
fun | minute | |
funkan | for ( ) minutes | period |
hon | pen, bottle, tree, stick, spoon, folk, knife, umbrella, banana, cigarette, etc. | long and narrow items |
hai | served water, coffee, tea, alocholic drinks in a vessal/ cup, etc | |
hiki | small animal, insect except butterfly, fish | cat, dog, |
too | big animal | cow, horse, elephant, whale, dolphin |
wa | butterfly, rabit, bird | |
dai | car, bicycle, motorcycle, mashine, TV, radio, camera, etc | |
peeji | page | |
pondo | pound | |
yuuro | euro | |
ka | a lesson | Lesson 10: jukka |
kai | times | |
ko | small items (egg, orange, apple, desk, chair..rice bowl, etc.) | |
kai | floor | the third basement: chika sangai |
ken | house | "too" is used for apartment, big building |
sneto | cent | |
shuukan | for ( ) weeks | period |
satsu | book, magazine, notebook, textbook, etc. | |
soku | shoes, socks, slippers, sandals | |
tsuu | letter | |
sai | age | "tsu" is also used for 1-10 years old. |
nichi | date on the calender | |
ka | for ( ) days | ichinichi, futsuka, mikka, yokka, itsuka, muka, nanoka, yooka, tooka, juuichinichi... or add "kan" except "ichinichi" such as futsukakan, mikkakan, yokkakan. |
tsu | age (for 1-9) years samll items (egg, orange, apple, desk, chair..rice bowl, etc.) |
over 10 years old: too/ jussai, juuissai, juunisai.....hatachi .....sanjussai... |
* There are two types of numeral.
1. Kango suushi : Chinese origin, ichi/ni/san/shi/go/roku/shichi/ hachi/ ku or kyuu
2. Wago suushi : Japanese origin, Native Japanese words, another name
is Yamatokotoba hito/futa/mi/yon/itsu/mu/nana/ya/kokono
3. More information about Wago and Kango written in Kanji-kana with furigana
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