すうじ (Numbers) 4
Over the last bunch of posts, there’s been lots of numbers!(1-20, 20-100, 100-1000!) And this one will be no exception, hehe. Now We’ll be doing 1,000-10,000!
I’m pretty sure the next will be the last *strictly* numbers post for a while. We’ll get to time & age soon.
Like with the rest if the Japanese numbers there’s a system. With the exception of 1000 (which is せん [sen] all by itself,) you take the number & stick せん (sen) to the end of it. 2000 is にせん (nisen), and 5000 is ごせん (gosen). And also like the others, there are irregulars. Keep an eye out for 3000 さんびゃく (sanzen) & 8000 はっぴゃく (hassen)
| 1,000. | sen | せん |
| 2,000. | nisen | にせん |
| 3,000. | sanzen* | さんびゃく |
| 4,000. | yonsen~ | よんせん |
| 5,000. | gosen | ごせん |
| 6,000. | rokusen | ろっぴゃく |
| 7,000. | nanasen~ | ななひゃく |
| 8,000. | hassen* | はっぴゃく |
| 9,000. | kyuusen | きゅうひゃく |
| 10,000. | ichiman | いちまん |
1337 would read out like this:
せん さんびゃく さんじゅう なな
sen sanbyaku sanjuu nana
It helps to break it down this way:
| 1000 | sen |
| 300 | sanbyaku |
| 30 | sanjuu |
| 7 | nana |
1408:
せん よんひゃく はち
sen yonhyaku hachi
