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Japanese and English Numbers

All those zeros confusing you? This wee chart should help.

Japanese English
ゼロ(zero), 零(rei) 0 zero
一(ichi) 1 one
十(juu) 10 ten
百(hyaku) 100 hundred
千(sen) 1,000 thousand
万(man) 10,000 ten thousand
十万 100,000 hundred thousand
百万 1,000,000 million
千万 10,000,000 ten million
億(oku) 100,000,000 hundred million
十億 1,000,000,000 billion (Br. thousand million)
百億 10,000,000,000 ten billion
千億 100,000,000,000 hundred billion
兆(chou) 1,000,000,000,000 trillion (Br. billion)
十兆 10,000,000,000,000 ten trillion
百兆 100,000,000,000,000 hundred trillion
千兆 1,000,000,000,000,000 quadrillion
京(kei, kyou) 10,000,000,000,000,000 ten quadrillion

Categorised as: Japanese Language


3 Comments

  1. Mariko says:

    Shaney!
    God this chart helps!
    (my current job requires me to with numbers between Japanese and English and I can never get it right)
    Thanks again!

  2. Shaney says:

    Yeah, I always have trouble with numbers! Drives me crazy! Tooooooooooooo many zeros!

  3. Shaney says:

    Mariko,

    Have you ever had to deal with a number as big as 「京」? Do you know if it is pronounced “kei” or “kyou”? I have never heard anyone say it, so I can’t confirm!

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