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Everyday Japanese · Beginner–intermediate

Japanese numbers

Convert numbers into Japanese kanji, kana and romaji. Understand 万 and 億, hear a reading, and learn irregular hundreds and thousands.

  1. Enter a number.

  2. Read its kanji, kana and romaji.

  3. Check the four-digit grouping.

Up to 16 integer digits and 6 decimal places. Negative numbers and correctly grouped commas are supported.

一万二千三百四十五

いちまんにせんさんびゃくよんじゅうご

ichimannisensanbyakuyonjuugo

Read in groups of four digits

1 万 + 2345 ones

Readings worth remembering
NumberJapaneseReading
0ゼロ
1いち
2
3さん
4よん
5
6ろく
7なな
8はち
9きゅう
10じゅう
100ひゃく
300三百さんびゃく
600六百ろっぴゃく
800八百はっぴゃく
1,000せん
3,000三千さんぜん
8,000八千はっせん
10,000一万いちまん
100,000,000一億いちおく
A little understanding goes a long way

Make sense of what you’re practicing

01

Group by ten thousand

Japanese uses 万 for 10,000, 億 for 100,000,000 and 兆 for 1,000,000,000,000. Split large numbers into four-digit groups from the right, instead of the three-digit groups used in English.

02

Listen for sound changes

Some combinations change sound: 300 is さんびゃく, 600 is ろっぴゃく, 800 is はっぴゃく, 3,000 is さんぜん and 8,000 is はっせん.

03

A number is only the beginning

This tool gives a standard cardinal reading, using よん, なな and きゅう for 4, 7 and 9. Counters, calendar dates and clock times have their own readings; use their dedicated tools for those contexts.