Japanese Numbers 1 to 100: Full Chart with Kanji and Romaji

Japanese numbers 1 to 100 follow one simple, repeating ten-based pattern, so once you know 1 to 10 you can already build every number up to 99. This guide gives you the full chart in hiragana, kanji, and romaji, plus how to say each number, why 4, 7, and 9 have two readings, and easy ways to practice.

How Japanese Numbers 1 to 100 Work (the quick answer)

Japanese counting is refreshingly logical. There are no surprise words like “eleven”, “twelve”, or “twenty” waiting to trip you up.

Here are the only three rules you need:

1. Learn 1 to 10. That is ten words.
2. For 11 to 19, say ten, then the digit. Eleven is literally “ten one” (juuichi).
3. For 20 to 99, say the digit, then ten, then the remaining digit. Forty-seven is literally “four ten seven” (yonjuunana).

Then 100 gets its own word: hyaku (百).

That is it. If you can do basic arithmetic out loud, you can count to 100 in Japanese. Compare it to English, where you have to memorize eleven, twelve, thirteen, twenty, thirty, and fifty as separate words.

Number	English says	Japanese says	Literal meaning
11	eleven	juuichi	ten one
12	twelve	juuni	ten two
20	twenty	nijuu	two ten
30	thirty	sanjuu	three ten
47	forty-seven	yonjuunana	four ten seven
99	ninety-nine	kyuujuukyuu	nine ten nine

Japanese Numbers 1 to 10

These ten words carry everything else. Learn them well and the rest of the chart builds itself.

Number	Kanji	Hiragana	Romaji
1	一	いち	ichi
2	二	に	ni
3	三	さん	san
4	四	よん / し	yon / shi
5	五	ご	go
6	六	ろく	roku
7	七	なな / しち	nana / shichi
8	八	はち	hachi
9	九	きゅう / く	kyuu / ku
10	十	じゅう	juu

Notice the kanji for 1, 2, and 3. They are one stroke, two strokes, and three strokes. That is a nice gift on your first day of kanji.

Zero is also worth knowing: ゼロ (zero) in everyday speech, and れい (rei, written 零) in formal or written contexts like weather reports.

You will see 4, 7, and 9 listed with two readings. Do not worry about that yet. Use yon, nana, and kyuu as your defaults and you will be understood everywhere. There is a full explanation further down.

Japanese Numbers 11 to 19

The teens are pure addition. Put juu (10) in front, then add the single digit.

Number	Kanji	Hiragana	Romaji
11	十一	じゅういち	juuichi
12	十二	じゅうに	juuni
13	十三	じゅうさん	juusan
14	十四	じゅうよん	juuyon
15	十五	じゅうご	juugo
16	十六	じゅうろく	juuroku
17	十七	じゅうなな	juunana
18	十八	じゅうはち	juuhachi
19	十九	じゅうきゅう	juukyuu

Look at the kanji: 十一 is simply the character for ten next to the character for one. The writing matches the sound exactly.

There is nothing to memorize here beyond the rule itself. If you know juu and you know ichi, you already know juuichi.

Japanese Numbers 20 to 100 (the ten-based pattern)

For the tens, you flip the order: the digit comes first, then juu.

Want to check any number beyond this page, up to the hundreds of billions? Type it into our free Japanese number converter and get the kanji, hiragana, and romaji instantly.

Number	Kanji	Hiragana	Romaji
20	二十	にじゅう	nijuu
30	三十	さんじゅう	sanjuu
40	四十	よんじゅう	yonjuu
50	五十	ごじゅう	gojuu
60	六十	ろくじゅう	rokujuu
70	七十	ななじゅう	nanajuu
80	八十	はちじゅう	hachijuu
90	九十	きゅうじゅう	kyuujuu
100	百	ひゃく	hyaku

Now combine both rules. Any number from 21 to 99 is just the tens word followed by the ones word.

• 21 = nijuu + ichi = nijuuichi
• 35 = sanjuu + go = sanjuugo
• 68 = rokujuu + hachi = rokujuuhachi
• 99 = kyuujuu + kyuu = kyuujuukyuu

Two small things to note. First, 10 is just juu, never “ichijuu”. Second, 100 is just hyaku, never “ichihyaku”. Both stand alone, the same way English says “ten” and not “one ten”.

Full Japanese Numbers 1 to 100 Chart (hiragana, kanji, romaji)

Here is every number from 1 to 100, spelled out. Most guides show you the pattern and stop. This is the complete list so you can check any number at a glance.

1 to 25

Number	Kanji	Hiragana	Romaji
1	一	いち	ichi
2	二	に	ni
3	三	さん	san
4	四	よん	yon
5	五	ご	go
6	六	ろく	roku
7	七	なな	nana
8	八	はち	hachi
9	九	きゅう	kyuu
10	十	じゅう	juu
11	十一	じゅういち	juuichi
12	十二	じゅうに	juuni
13	十三	じゅうさん	juusan
14	十四	じゅうよん	juuyon
15	十五	じゅうご	juugo
16	十六	じゅうろく	juuroku
17	十七	じゅうなな	juunana
18	十八	じゅうはち	juuhachi
19	十九	じゅうきゅう	juukyuu
20	二十	にじゅう	nijuu
21	二十一	にじゅういち	nijuuichi
22	二十二	にじゅうに	nijuuni
23	二十三	にじゅうさん	nijuusan
24	二十四	にじゅうよん	nijuuyon
25	二十五	にじゅうご	nijuugo

26 to 50

Number	Kanji	Hiragana	Romaji
26	二十六	にじゅうろく	nijuuroku
27	二十七	にじゅうなな	nijuunana
28	二十八	にじゅうはち	nijuuhachi
29	二十九	にじゅうきゅう	nijuukyuu
30	三十	さんじゅう	sanjuu
31	三十一	さんじゅういち	sanjuuichi
32	三十二	さんじゅうに	sanjuuni
33	三十三	さんじゅうさん	sanjuusan
34	三十四	さんじゅうよん	sanjuuyon
35	三十五	さんじゅうご	sanjuugo
36	三十六	さんじゅうろく	sanjuuroku
37	三十七	さんじゅうなな	sanjuunana
38	三十八	さんじゅうはち	sanjuuhachi
39	三十九	さんじゅうきゅう	sanjuukyuu
40	四十	よんじゅう	yonjuu
41	四十一	よんじゅういち	yonjuuichi
42	四十二	よんじゅうに	yonjuuni
43	四十三	よんじゅうさん	yonjuusan
44	四十四	よんじゅうよん	yonjuuyon
45	四十五	よんじゅうご	yonjuugo
46	四十六	よんじゅうろく	yonjuuroku
47	四十七	よんじゅうなな	yonjuunana
48	四十八	よんじゅうはち	yonjuuhachi
49	四十九	よんじゅうきゅう	yonjuukyuu
50	五十	ごじゅう	gojuu

51 to 75

Number	Kanji	Hiragana	Romaji
51	五十一	ごじゅういち	gojuuichi
52	五十二	ごじゅうに	gojuuni
53	五十三	ごじゅうさん	gojuusan
54	五十四	ごじゅうよん	gojuuyon
55	五十五	ごじゅうご	gojuugo
56	五十六	ごじゅうろく	gojuuroku
57	五十七	ごじゅうなな	gojuunana
58	五十八	ごじゅうはち	gojuuhachi
59	五十九	ごじゅうきゅう	gojuukyuu
60	六十	ろくじゅう	rokujuu
61	六十一	ろくじゅういち	rokujuuichi
62	六十二	ろくじゅうに	rokujuuni
63	六十三	ろくじゅうさん	rokujuusan
64	六十四	ろくじゅうよん	rokujuuyon
65	六十五	ろくじゅうご	rokujuugo
66	六十六	ろくじゅうろく	rokujuuroku
67	六十七	ろくじゅうなな	rokujuunana
68	六十八	ろくじゅうはち	rokujuuhachi
69	六十九	ろくじゅうきゅう	rokujuukyuu
70	七十	ななじゅう	nanajuu
71	七十一	ななじゅういち	nanajuuichi
72	七十二	ななじゅうに	nanajuuni
73	七十三	ななじゅうさん	nanajuusan
74	七十四	ななじゅうよん	nanajuuyon
75	七十五	ななじゅうご	nanajuugo

76 to 100

Number	Kanji	Hiragana	Romaji
76	七十六	ななじゅうろく	nanajuuroku
77	七十七	ななじゅうなな	nanajuunana
78	七十八	ななじゅうはち	nanajuuhachi
79	七十九	ななじゅうきゅう	nanajuukyuu
80	八十	はちじゅう	hachijuu
81	八十一	はちじゅういち	hachijuuichi
82	八十二	はちじゅうに	hachijuuni
83	八十三	はちじゅうさん	hachijuusan
84	八十四	はちじゅうよん	hachijuuyon
85	八十五	はちじゅうご	hachijuugo
86	八十六	はちじゅうろく	hachijuuroku
87	八十七	はちじゅうなな	hachijuunana
88	八十八	はちじゅうはち	hachijuuhachi
89	八十九	はちじゅうきゅう	hachijuukyuu
90	九十	きゅうじゅう	kyuujuu
91	九十一	きゅうじゅういち	kyuujuuichi
92	九十二	きゅうじゅうに	kyuujuuni
93	九十三	きゅうじゅうさん	kyuujuusan
94	九十四	きゅうじゅうよん	kyuujuuyon
95	九十五	きゅうじゅうご	kyuujuugo
96	九十六	きゅうじゅうろく	kyuujuuroku
97	九十七	きゅうじゅうなな	kyuujuunana
98	九十八	きゅうじゅうはち	kyuujuuhachi
99	九十九	きゅうじゅうきゅう	kyuujuukyuu
100	百	ひゃく	hyaku

Scroll back through that chart and you will see the same eleven building blocks repeating over and over. There is no number in the list you have to memorize separately.

Why Some Numbers Have Two Readings (4, 7, 9)

This is the one part of Japanese numbers that confuses beginners, and it is easier than it looks.

Japan borrowed its counting words from Chinese long ago, and for a few numbers the borrowed reading collided with words people would rather not say. So an alternative native reading stepped in.

Number	Reading A	Reading B	Which is safer	Why the split exists
4	yon (よん)	shi (し)	yon	Shi sounds identical to a word meaning death
7	nana (なな)	shichi (しち)	nana	Shichi is easy to mishear as ichi (1) or hachi (8)
9	kyuu (きゅう)	ku (く)	kyuu	Ku sounds like a word meaning suffering or pain

Here is when you actually meet the other reading:

• Counting up quickly. In a rhythmic count, many speakers slip into “ichi, ni, san, shi, go, roku, shichi, hachi, kyuu, juu”. Both versions are fine.
• Time. Four o’clock is yoji (四時), seven o’clock is shichiji (七時), and nine o’clock is kuji (九時). Times are one place where the alternate readings are the standard.
• Set phrases and fixed words. Some established compounds keep shi, shichi, or ku baked in. You learn these one at a time as you meet them, not by rule.

For everything else, especially any number above ten, yon, nana, and kyuu are what you will hear most. Use them freely and you will sound natural.

Free Printable Japanese Numbers 1 to 100 Chart

A chart on paper is genuinely useful. Stick it on a fridge, a desk, or the inside of a notebook cover, and you glance at it dozens of times without meaning to.

Our free Japanese writing practice sheets include printable pages you can use for numbers as well as kana. Print them, grab a pencil, and write each number’s kanji and hiragana next to the digit. No account needed.

A few ways to use a printed chart well:

• Cover the romaji column with a slip of paper and read the kanji aloud.
• Cover the number column and write the digit next to each kanji.
• Circle just the numbers you keep getting wrong, then drill only those.
• Write the ten kanji from 一 to 十 by hand once a day for a week.

If you would rather practice on a screen, the interactive hiragana and katakana chart is handy for nailing the kana spellings like じゅう and きゅう.

Pronunciation Tips for Japanese Numbers

Japanese pronunciation is kind to beginners. Each syllable gets roughly equal length, and there are few sounds English speakers struggle with.

Long vowels matter. In じゅう (juu) and きゅう (kyuu), the vowel is held for two beats, not one. Say “juu” like “joo” in “moot”, not a clipped “ju”. This is the single most common slip in number pronunciation, and it is easy to fix by listening.

Say each syllable evenly. Nijuuichi (21) is ni-juu-i-chi. Resist the English habit of stressing one syllable hard. A steady, even rhythm sounds more natural than a stressed one.

Roku and hachi. The “r” in roku is a light tap, closer to a soft “d” or the “tt” in the American pronunciation of “butter” than to an English “r”. The “chi” in hachi is like the “chee” in “cheese”.

Kyuu is one syllable, not two. It is “kyoo”, not “kee-yoo”. Blend the k and y together.

Don’t chase perfection. Getting understood comes first. Your ear sharpens with listening, and your mouth follows your ear. Listening to native audio while you read is the fastest route, and there is no single right way; do what feels right for you.

Numbers in Everyday Reading

Numbers stop being an exercise the moment you see them in the wild. This is where the pattern pays off.

Prices. A convenience store price tag says 480円. You read it yonhyaku hachijuu en. The 十 and 百 you just learned are doing the work.

Time. Clock times use 時 (ji) for hours and 分 (fun/pun) for minutes. Remember that four, seven, and nine o’clock use the alternate readings: yoji, shichiji, kuji.

Phone numbers. These are read digit by digit, so 090 is zero-kyuu-zero. In phone numbers, 2 is often stretched to “nii” and 5 to “goo” so they do not get lost.

Dates and ages. Vertical signs, formal documents, and traditional menus often print numbers in kanji rather than Arabic numerals. Being able to read 三十 as easily as 30 opens up a lot of everyday text.

If you ever hit a number written in kanji you cannot read, the furigana converter will paste the readings above the characters for you.

Simple Ways to Practice Japanese Numbers

Short and frequent beats long and rare. Pick one or two of these and do them for a few minutes a day.

1. Count out loud on a walk. Count your steps, lampposts, or anything else from 1 to 100. It costs no extra time and it builds real speed.
2. Read prices in Japanese. At a shop, quietly read the price tags as Japanese numbers. Prices are the most common numbers you will ever meet.
3. Read the clock in Japanese. Every time you check the time, say it in Japanese first. That is a dozen free reps a day.
4. Write the kanji by hand. Writing 一 through 十 and 百 by hand makes them stick in a different way than reading does. Ten characters is a very small commitment.
5. Say phone numbers aloud. Digit-by-digit reading is a different skill than reading whole numbers, and it is worth ten minutes.
6. Test yourself backwards. Count down from 100. It forces you to actually compute instead of reciting a memorized chain.

On writing by hand: it is not required, and reading recognition is plenty for many learners. But number kanji are simple, common, and satisfying to write, and stroke order becomes a habit you carry into harder characters. If you want to see how the strokes go, the animated stroke order demo and the kanji stroke order lookup both show the order one stroke at a time. Reading and writing support each other; neither is better than the other.

How Kana Conbini can help

Kana Conbini is one friendly option among many, and everything below is free to start.

• Conbini Run puts number kanji and prices in front of you inside a convenience-store game, so you read them the way you would at a real register.
• Write Kanji (書き取り) lets you hand-write 一 through 十, 百, and beyond in correct stroke order, with on-screen guides that fade as you improve.
• Native Japanese voice on every word means you hear the long vowel in じゅう and きゅう done properly, which is hard to get from romaji alone.
• Smart reviews bring each number back right before you would forget it, so the ones you keep missing show up more often.
• Free to start, no subscription, on iPhone and Android. In the free tier, daily handwriting uses an energy meter that refills over time.

If you would rather stay on paper, that is completely fine. Grab the printable practice sheets, browse more beginner guides on the learn hub, or head back to the Kana Conbini home page to see what the app looks like first.