Formal numbers
The formal numbers that you will often see in koseki and on checks and the like are as follows. These are known as 大字 DaiJi.
壱 | 一 |
弐 | 二 |
参 | 三 |
肆 | 四 |
伍 | 五 |
陸 | 六 |
漆 | 七 |
捌 | 八 |
玖 | 九 |
拾 | 十 |
廿 | 二十 |
佰 | 百 |
仟 | 千 |
萬 | 万 |
Thanks to Jim Lockhart for posting this
Big numbers
Follows American numbering conventions
Number | 和 | scientific | English |
---|---|---|---|
10,000 | 一万 | 1E+4 | ten thousand |
100,000 | 十万 | 1E+5 | one hundred thousand |
1,000,000 | 百万 | 1E+6 | one million |
10,000,000 | 千万 | 1E+7 | ten million |
100,000,000 | 一億 | 1E+8 | one hundred million |
1,000,000,000 | 十億 | 1E+9 | one billion |
10,000,000,000 | 百億 | 1E+10 | ten billion |
100,000,000,000 | 千億 | 1E+11 | one hundred billion |
1,000,000,000,000 | 一兆 | 1E+12 | one trillion |
10,000,000,000,000 | 十兆 | 1E+13 | ten trillion |
100,000,000,000,000 | 百兆 | 1E+14 | one hundred trillion |
1,000,000,000,000,000 | 千兆 | 1E+15 | one quadrillion |
10,000,000,000,000,000 | 一京 (ケイ) | 1E+16 | ten quadrillion |