How to write unit in Japanese Kanji script

Learn how to write unit in Japanese Kanji script.

 

These are images in the attached graphic.
The red arrows tell you the stroke order.
The stroke order is important in Japanese writing.

Besides, each word has "omyomi" and "kunyomi".
The pronunciation in parentheses is "Okuri-gana".

Additionally, there are some examples in which these kanji is used. please refer.

 

 

 

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One-Hundred			hyaku, byaku		none

English	Kanji	Hiragana	Pronunciation
100 years	百年	ひゃ くねん	hyaku nen
Three hundred	三百	さん びゃく	san byaku
Department store	百貨店, デパート	ひゃっか てん, でぱーと,	hyakka ten, depaato,
Percentage	百分率	ひゃく ぶん りつ	hyaku bun ritsu

 

 

One Thousand			sen		chi

English	Kanji	Hiragana	Pronunciation
1,000 yen	千円	せん えん	sen en
1000 anniversaries	千年	せん ねん	sen nen
1000 times	千回	せん かい	sen kai
The final day	千秋楽	せん しゅうらく	sen shuuraku
Japanese paper with colored figures	千代紙	ちよ がみ	chiyo gami

 

 

Ten Thousand			man, ban		none

English	Japanese	Hiragana	Pronunciation
Emergency The worst	万一 万が一	まん いち まん が いち	man ichi, man ga ichi
Ten thousand bill	万札	まんさつ	man satsu
Billionaire	億万長者	おく まん ちょうじゃ	oku man chouja
make doubly sure	万全	ばん ぜん	ban zen
Ten thousand bill	一万	いち まん	ichi man

 

 

Hundred Million			oku		none

English	Japanese	Hiragana	Pronunciation
100 million	一億	いち おく	ichi oku
One billion	十億	じゅう おく	juu oku
10 billion	百億	ひゃく おく	hyaku oku
100 billion	千億	せん おく	sen oku
Billionaire	億万長者	おく まん ちょう じゃ	oku man chou ja

 

 

Trillion			cho		kiza(shi), kiza(su),

English	Japanese	Hiragana	Pronunciation
1 trillion	一兆	いっちょう	iccho
A sign	兆候	ちょう こう	chou kou
A sign	兆し	きざ(し)	kiza(shi)
An omen	前兆	ぜん ちょう	zen chou

 

The meaning of "兆し[kizashi]" and "兆候[choukou]" is almost the same.

 

 

Sun(length)			sun		none

The cun (Chinese:pinyin: Japanese: sun) is a traditional Chinese unit of length.

Its traditional measure is the width of a person's thumb at the knuckle, whereas the width of the two forefingers denotes 1.5 cun and the width of all fingers side-by-side is three cuns. In this sense it continues to be used to chart acupuncture points on the human body in various uses of traditional Chinese medicine.

My mother doesn't use it though my grandmother was using this unit of length.
My and my mother uses the metric system.
"SUN as the unit of length" is hardly used in recent Japan.

English	Japanese	Hiragana	Pronunciation
1.193 inch/ ust a little, a bit.	一寸	ちょっと	chotto
just before	寸前	すん ぜん	sun zen
brief comment	寸評	すん ぴょう	sun pyou
cut...to pieces	寸断	すん だん	sun dan
a small gift	寸志	すん し	sun shi
Size, Measurements	寸法	すん ぽう	sun pou

 

 

Shaku(unit)			shaku, jaku,		none

The 尺[shaku] is a traditional unit of measure used throughout Asia with a length approximately equal to a foot.
It is variously called shaku in Japanese, chi in Mandarin, chek in Cantonese, and written as "chek" in Hong Kong. As with other measurements, it was originally derived from nature: the average length between nodes on bamboo.

The actual length varies slightly by country.

English	Japanese	Hiragana	Pronunciation
11.93 inch	一尺	いっしゃく	isshaku
59.65 inch	五尺	ご しゃく	go shaku
a measure, a barometer,	尺度	しゃく ど	shaku do
tape measure, measuring tape,	巻き尺	まき じゃく	maki jaku

 

 

Let's practice writing the Japanese Kanji symbols

The exercise sheet of Japanese Kanji.
Trace on Kanji in numerical order.

 

Unit in kanji.pdf