すうじ (suuji)　- Numbers (Part 3)

If you have ever shopped in Japan, you will noticed that alot of their pricing comes in hundreds and thousands. So this segment is good to know.

~ Thousands (せん - sen) ~

Just like for the hundreds, the system is the same, with special attention to numbers like 3,000 and 8,000.

1,000 - せん (sen)

2,000 - 二せん (ni + sen)

3,000 - さんぜん (san + zen)*

4,000 - よんせん (yon + sen)

5,000 - ごせん (go + sen)

6,000 - ろくせん (roku + sen)

7,000 - ななせん (nana + sen)

8,000 - はっせん (ha + s + sen)*

9,000 - きゅうせん (kyuu + sen)

So, now let's move on to those combination numbers such as 1,234. Just think of it in Chinese but drop the 1 for the thousand.

1,234 - せんにひゃくさんじゅうよん (sen + ni hyaku + san juu + yon)

2,345 - にせんさんびゃくよんじゅうご (ni sen + san byaku+ yon juu + go)

~ Ten Thousands (まん - man)~

This part is really easy, as there are not special numbers to take note of, but for the 10,000, you would need to add in the number 1.

10,000 - いちまん (ichi + man)

20,000 - にまん(ni + man)

30,000 - さんまん (san + man)

40,000 - よんまん (yon + man)

50,000 - ごまん (go + man)

60, 000 - ろくまん (roku + man)

70,000 - ななまん (nana + man)

80,000 - はちまん (hachi + man)

90,000 - きゅうまん (kyuu + man)

And the combination numbers goes the same way as the Chinese too. For eg. 12,345 in Chinese would be 一万两千三百四十五, except that the 两 is replaced by the number 2.

12,345 - いちまんにせんさんびゃくよんじゅうご (ichi + man + ni + sen+ san + byaku + yon + juu + go)

I'll continue with Hundred Thousands and Millions in the next post.

Happy numbering!

さようなら

~ Rene ~

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