Japanese Numbers, Time & Counters Kanji Chart (1 to 10,000, Days & Yon vs. Shi)
Everything you need to read prices in Yen (円), train schedules, dates, weekdays, and counters in Japan — complete with visual mnemonics.
The boy hit-o (ひと) his knee and now it’s itchy (いち). Thank God it’s-u (いつ) just one knee.
Knee (に) connects Two crucial parts that make your foot (ふた) work.
Even a mini (み) sandwich (さん) still has three distinct parts.
The birds were surprised, the sheep (し) is doing another four-second-yawn (よん) again!!
Number five it’s(u) (いつ) actually just a golf (ご) cart.
Mr. Six moves (む) rocket-fast! (ろく). Why is he still in the 6th place?
She cheated (しち), and still got only seven percent. That’s bananas! (なな).
Yaa (や) kids coming out of secret hatches (はち) to play on the forbidden yolo (よう) eight meter slide...
九ine cookies (く) or nine cucumbers (きゅう)... What will cookie monster choose??
Samurai won a stack of jewels (じゅう) for the 10/10 sword performance, all done on his toes (とお).
Slow-mo motion (もも) Hyacinth Cool (ひゃく) Town is now a hundred years old!!
Thousand is just a fancy letter T, made out of a thousand cents (せん), wearing a cheap (ち) hat...
Ten Thousand people in Italy, watching a talented man (まん) wearing a pineapple-pizza costume. Let’s hope he doesn’t get banned (ばん)...
A *circle (円) represents a round shape or Japanese yen* (えん).
Of course, Mr. handsome (はん) naturally cut (なか) a bunch of logs perfectly in half!!
The man divided the sacred log, and the city was hit by a typhoon (ふん) of waffle-throwing (わ) baboons (ぶ or ぶん)
In the old Toki-o (とき) Jesus (じ) rang the church bell so you could tell the time...
In a bright sun beam (び), Mr. Hiroki (ひ) can finally see why his “knee is itchy” (にち)! Must be from all the karate (か) and jiu-jitsu (じつ)!
It takes guts-u (がつ) to get-su (げつ) to the moon and retrieve the tsunami key (つき)...
Fire from a candle (か) is so hot (ほ) it generates a ton of heat (ひ)!!
Missou-ri (みず) free water looks super i-nteresting (すい)...
The tree is mocking (もく) us, it knows we got no keys (き)...
King’s (きん) gold crown rests in a concrete (こん) enclosure with the calm neighbor (かね), Canada (かな).
Toes (と) in the dirt and dog (ど) by his side, the tsunami chief (つち) lives a simple life...
If it’s a weekday, you may be working at this new fancy Yogurt (よう) Headquarters...
Ms. Toe-shi (とし), always wearing linen (ねん), makes every year fun for us...
At the end of each week, grandpa puts on his best shoes (しゅう) and rides to church.
The two mice (まい) look out the window every day and dream that someday they will go to/top (ごと) of Mt. Fuji.
The Lima (いま) times reported that the con-artist (こん) who changed all the clocks to “Now” has finally been caught.
Front row seats for the zen (ぜん) maestro (まえ) performance.
Mr. Snowman is not very happy about Godzilla (ご) in a coat (こう) skiing behind his back...
Noon is the perfect time to dry the #1 goat (ご) shirt.
According to this Japanese doctor, the recipe for a perfect morning is chocolate (ちょう) ++ Asahi (あさ) beer.
Impossible to sleep at noon when the sun is out with its fancy heels (ひる), shining, chewing (ちゅう) gum.
Ever since the girl got banned (ばん), she just sits at home all evening, staring into the wall.
Even with aliens watching, your (よ or よる) yakuza (や) friend is not scared to do yoga at night.
Spring is the time when bugs wake up from their autumn sugar-naps (しゅん) and happy roots (はる) sprout to life...
With I000 summer heat, the boy is praying to God (が) to get (げ) natural tsunami (なつ) waves, and a kayak (か)...
Autumn, the time of harvest and snacky (あき) sugary (しゅう) apple baking...
Mr. snowman toes (とう) are cold in the winter snow. No wonder he keeps screaming fu’yuu! (ふゆ).
Ninja (にん) hitman (ひと) wearing jeans (じん), working at Nintendo... just your typical Japanese person...
The boy in Hong Kong, is reading a book about Honda (ほん) Motors (もと).
A local tiger (たい) with dyed (だい) hair really loves playing the public piano on a stand...
A proud momma watching (まわ) her son practice flying a kite (かい) a few times a day.
Otaku (たく) dog (ど) cooking up some taco beef (たび) with “a million” degrees...