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Numerals and Time
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Kun (Japanese) On (Chinese)
00 () rei
01 () hitotsu ichi
02 () futatsu ni
03 () mittsu san
04 () yottsu shi
05 () itsutsu go
06 () muttsu roku
07 () nanatsu shichi
08 () yattsu hachi
09 () kokonotsu ku
10 ()

Japanese way is used for single numbers and the Chinese way is used as “enumeratives.” Itsutsu = five; Go-nin = five people. From eleven on, the numbers are counted only in the Chinese way:

11 (十一) jūichi
12 (十二) jūni
13 (十三) jūsan
14 (十四) jūshi
15 (十五) jūgo
16 (十六) jūroku
17 (十七) jūshichi
18 (十八) jūhachi
19 (十九) jūku
20 (二十) nijū
30 (三十) sanjū
40 (四十) shijū
50 (五十) gojū
100 (一一) hyaku
1,000 (一一) sen
10,000 (一一) man
100,000 (十万) jūman
1,000,000 (百万) hyakuman
20=2-10=nijū=二十 (二〇)

Time:

a. Time of the day:

time jikan
o’clock ji
minute fun (pun)
second byō
a. m. gozen
p. m. gogo