Friday, January 15, 2010

NumberCharacterPreferred readingOn readingKun reading
0 / 〇*zerorei / れいzero / ぜろ
1ichiichi / いちhito(tsu) / ひと(つ)
2nini, ji / に, じfuta(tsu) / ふた(つ)
3sansan / さんmi(ttsu) / み(っつ)
4yonshi / しyon, yo(ttsu) / よん、よ(っつ)
5gogo / ごitsu(tsu) / いつ(つ)
6rokuroku / ろくmu(ttsu) / む(っつ)
7nanashichi / しちnana(tsu) / なな(つ)
8hachihachi / はちya(ttsu) / や(っつ)
9kyūkyū, ku / きゅう, くkokono(tsu) / ここの(つ)
10jū / じゅうtō / とお
20二十ni-jūni-jū / にじゅうhata(chi) / はた(ち)
30三十san-jūsan-jū / さんじゅうmiso / みそ
100hyakuhyaku / ひゃく(momo / もも)
1,000sensen / せん(chi / ち)
10,000manman / まん(yorozu / よろず)
100,000,000okuoku / おく-
1,000,000,000,000chōchō / ちょう-

source from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_numerals


In japanese,
2 is written as: ひと
0 is written as: ぜろ
1 is written as: ひと


so 2010 is written as: ひぜろひとぜろ


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