Objects are normally classified into shapes and size.
Regular numbers | Romaji | Hiragana | Kanji |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ichi | いち | 一 |
2 | ni | に | 二 |
3 | san | さん | 三 |
4 | shi, yon | し、よん | 四 |
5 | go | ご | 五 |
6 | roku | ろく | 六 |
7 | shichi, nana | しち、なな | 七 |
8 | hachi | はち | 八 |
9 | kyuu,ku | きゅう、く | 九 |
10 | juu, tou | じゅう、とう | 十 |
Notice how some numbers have two sounds, e.g. 4, 7, 9 and 10. The pronunciation generally changes depending on whatever comes before or after the number. I will explain that in another post.
Going back to the counting again, the easiest one to learn is the general counter system. This can always be used if you don't know the correct counting system for any particular object.
Counter | Romaji | Hiragana |
---|---|---|
1 | hitotsu | ひとつ |
2 | futatsu | ふたつ |
3 | mittsu | みっつ |
4 | yottsu | よっつ |
5 | itsutsu | いつつ |
6 | muttsu | むっつ |
7 | nanatsu | ななつ |
8 | yattsu | やっつ |
9 | kokonotsu | ここのつ |
10 | tou | とう |
Counting people
As you should be able to see below, apart from the first two, the rest just the basic numbers with -nin added to the end.
Counter | Romaji | Hiragana |
---|---|---|
1 | hitori | ひとり |
2 | futari | ふたり |
3 | sannin | さんにん |
4 | yonnin | よんにん |
5 | gonin | ごにん |
6 | rokunin | ろくにん |
7 | nannin | ななにん |
8 | hachinin | はちにん |
9 | kyuunin | きゅうにん |
10 | juunin | じゅうにん |
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