Numerals and Time
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Kun (Japanese) | On (Chinese) | |
00 (〇) | rei | |
01 (一) | hitotsu | ichi |
02 (二) | futatsu | ni |
03 (三) | mittsu | san |
04 (四) | yottsu | shi |
05 (五) | itsutsu | go |
06 (六) | muttsu | roku |
07 (七) | nanatsu | shichi |
08 (八) | yattsu | hachi |
09 (九) | kokonotsu | ku |
10 (十) | tō | jū |
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 | (一一百) hyaku |
1,000 | (一一千) sen |
10,000 | (一一万) 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 |