Japanese Language
Learn to How to Count Numbers in Japanese
A lot of people know how to count Japanese numbers from 1 to 10.
However, numbers after 11 to 99 are not really recognized by Westerners.
So, today, you will learn Japanese numbers from 1 to 10 first, and
secondly, you will learn how to count numbers from 11 to 99 in Japanese.
You can also click the podcasting ration button to listen to how a
native Japanese people really pronounce numbers shown on this website.
Ok, let's start to learn how to count numbers 1 to 10 in Japanese.
Repeat after me.
| Number | Japanese | Pronunciation |
| 1 | ichi | ee-chee |
| 2 | ni | nee |
| 3 | san | sahn |
| 4 | she | shee |
| 5 | go | goh |
| 6 | roku | roh-koo |
| 7 | shichi | shee-chee |
| 8 | hachi | hah-chee |
| 9 | kyu | kyoo |
| 10 | jyu | jooo |
Now, let's learn how to count numbers after 11 to 99.
But, before learning how to speak those numbers in Japanese, you need to
learn the logical part of Japanese language. To make any numbers from 11
to 99, you just combine the numbers 1 to 10.
For example, 11 is combined with the number of 10 and 1.
So, it is jyu ichi (jooo-ee-chee)
If it is 21, we combine the number of 2, 10, and 1.
So, it is ni, jyu, ichi (nee-jooo-ee-chee)
Can you undersand it? It is actually very easy!
Writing numbers in Japanese kanji will make it easier to understand the logical part of Japanese language.
If it is bit too hard to understand what I have just explained, please see the numbers written in Japanese kanji.
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1 - 5 numbers
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6 - 10 numbers
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As you can see above,
those are numbers wirtten in Japanese kanji from 1 to 10.
So, as I explained, 11 is combined with the number of 10 and 1, we pick
jyu and ichi kanji symbol..
21 is combined with 2, 10, and 1 kanji numbers.
How's that?
Now, does it make sense to you?