Extra Kanji—Japanese Counter Words Flashcards ionicons-v5-c

å ´

ば

counter for scenes of a play

倍

ばい

counter for multiples (e.g. 2倍 = 2 fold)

晩

ばん

counter for nights (see also: 夜)

番

ばん

counter for turns, position, train platforms, and sports matches

å°¾

び

counter for small fish and shrimps (used in the fish trade; most people use 匹 instead)

部

ぶ

counter for copies of magazines, newspapers, or other packets of papers

æ–‡

ぶん

counter for sentences

秒

びょう

counter for seconds

着

ちゃく

counter for suits of clothing (see also: 枚)

挺

ちょう

counter for guns, sticks of ink, palanquins, rickshaws, and violins

丁

ちょう

counter for tools, scissors, saws, trousers, pistols, cakes of tofu, town blocks, servings at a restaurant

町

ちょう

counter for town blocks

代

だい

counter for generations, historical periods, and reigns

台

だい

counter for cars, bicycles, machines, mechanical devices, and household appliances

段

だん

counter for levels, ranks, and steps of stairs

段落

だんらく

counter for paragraphs

度

ど or たび

counter for occurrences, number of times, and degrees of temperature and angle (see also: 回)

ç­†

ふで

counter for brush or pen strokes (not to be confused with ひつ)

服

ふく and ぷく

counter for bowls of matcha, doses of powdered medicine, puffs of tobacco, and rests or breaks

å¹…

ふく and ぷく

counter for hanging scrolls

分

ふん and ぷん

counter for minutes

振

ふり

counter for swords

学級

がっきゅう

counter for classes in pre-college education

月

がつ or つき

counter for months of the year (month-long periods are read つき; see also: ヶ月)

語

ご

counter for words

合

ごう

counter for small containers (e.g. rice cup, sake cup)

言

ごん or こと

counter for words

å…·

ぐ

counter for suits of armour and sets of furniture

行

ぎょう

counter for lines of text

泊

はく

counter for nights of a stay

杯

はい, ぱい and ばい

counter for cups and glasses of drink, spoonfuls, cuttlefish, octopuses, crabs, squid, and abalone

æ•—

はい

counter for losses (in sports matches)

ç®±

はこ

counter for boxes

å¼µ

はり

counter for umbrellas, parasols and tents

柱

はしら

counter for gods and memorial tablets

発

はつ and ぱつ

counter for gunshots, bullets, aerial fireworks, o******, and s** acts

匹

ひき and ぴき

counter for small animals, insects, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and oni (folkloric demons)

品

ひん and ぴん

counter for parts of a meal and meal courses (see also: しな)

ç­†

ひつ and ぴつ

counter for pieces of land and numbers of people

æ­©

ほ and ぽ

counter for number of footsteps

本

ほん, ぽん and ぼん

counter for long and thin objects: rivers, roads, train tracks, ties, pencils, bottles, guitars, and also, metaphorically, telephone calls (see also: 通話), train or bus routes, movies, home runs, and points in sports events

票

ひょう and ぴょう

counter for votes

拍子

ひょうし and びょうし

counter for musical beats

å­—

じ

counter for letters, kana, and kanji

児

じ

counter for one's children

時

じ

counter for hours of the day

時間

じかん

counter for hour-long periods

畳

じょう

counter for tatami mats

錠

じょう

counter for pills or capsules

条

じょう

counter for articles of law, thin objects, rays or streams of light, and streaks of smoke or lightning

æ—¥

か

counter for day of the month

架

か

counter for frames

課

か

counter for lessons

æ ª

かぶ

counter for stocks and nursery trees

ヶ月, 箇月

かげつ

counter for month-long periods (see also: がつ)

回

かい

counter for occurrences and number of times (see also: 度)

階

かい and がい

counter for number of floors or storeys

ヶ国, 箇国

かこく

counter for countries

ヶ国語, 箇国語

かこくご

counter for national languages

ç”»

かく

counter for strokes in kanji characters

貫

かん

counter for pieces of nigiri-zushi

艦

かん

counter for warships

系統

けいとう

counter for bus routes

件

けん

counter for abstract matters or cases

è»’

けん and げん

counter for houses

æ©Ÿ

き

counter for aircraft and machines

基

き

counter for graves, wreaths, CPUs, reactors, elevators, and dams

æ–¤

きん

counter for loaves of bread

切れ

きれ

counter for slices (of bread, cake, sashimi etc.)

個, 箇, 个, or ヶ

こ

a general measure word used when there is no specific counter (個 is also used for military units)

戸

こ

counter for houses

æ ¡

こう

counter for schools

稿

こう

counter for drafts of a manuscript

行

こう

counter for banks

齣, コマ

こま

counter for frames and panels (é½£ is virtually unused in modern Japanese)

献

こん

counter for shots (of a drink)

区

く

counter for sections and city districts

句

く

counter for haiku poems

口

くち

counter for bank accounts and donations

組

くみ

counter for groups, pairs of people

クラス

くらす

counter for school classes

è„š

きゃく

counter for desks and chairs (implements with legs attached)

客

きゃく

counter for pairs of cup and saucer

曲

きょく

counter for pieces of music

å±€

きょく

counter for board game matches, radio stations, and television stations

æžš

まい

counter for thin and flat objects, sheets of paper, photographs, plates, and articles of clothing (see also: 着)

å·»

まき or かん

counter for rolls and scrolls (かん used for volumes of books)

幕

まく

counter for theatrical acts

名

めい

counter for people (in polite language)

面

めん

counter for mirrors, boards for board games, stages of computer games, walls of a room and tennis courts

é–€

ã‚‚ã‚“

counter for cannons

問

ã‚‚ã‚“

counter for questions

å¹´

ねん

counter for years and grades in school (does not apply to years of age; see 才 or 歳)

æ—¥

にち

counter for days of the month (readings are highly irregular)

人

にん

counter for people (readings are highly irregular; see also: ã‚Š)

人前

にんまえ

counter for food portions (without reading exceptions)

折

おり

counter for boxes made of folded paper

ページ, 頁

ぺーじ

counter for pages

例

れい

counter for cases and examples

礼

れい

counter for bows during worship at a shrine

連

れん

counter for finger rings or necklace loops

り or 人

ã‚Š

counter for people (used in the words 一人 (ひとり) and 二人 (ふたり).

輪

ã‚Šã‚“

counter for wheels and flowers

両

りょう

counter for railway cars

才 or 歳

さい

counter for years of age

棹

さお

counter for chests of drawers and flags

冊

さつ

counter for books

席

せき

counter for seats, rakugo shows, and drinking parties

éš»

せき

counter for ships, halves of a pair, and items carried in a bundle (such as fish, birds, arrows etc.)

品

しな

counter for parts of a meal, courses (see also: ひん)

社

しゃ

counter for Shinto shrines and businesses

式

しき

counter for sets of things such as documents or furniture

勝

しょう

counter for wins (in sports matches)

首

しゅ

counter for tanka (a type of classical Japanese poem)

週

しゅう

counter for weeks

種類 or 種

しゅるい or しゅ

counter for species or kinds

足

そく

counter for pairs of footwear, pairs of socks or stockings, and tabi (traditional Japanese socks)

双

そう

counter for pairs

束

たば

counter for bundles or bunches of things

体

たい

counter for images, statues, person's remains, dolls, androids, and humanoid robots

俵

たわら

counter for bags of rice

æ»´

てき

counter for drops of liquid

点

てん

counter for points, dots, and pieces of a set

é ­

とう

counter for large animals, cattle, elephants, whales, dolphins, and butterflies

時

とき

counter for time periods (see also: 時間)

通り

とおり

counter for combinations and puzzle solutions

つ

つ

used as part of the indigenous Japanese number system (一つ, 二つ, 三つ, etc.)

通

つう

counter for letters (i.e. written messages)

坪

つぼ

used as a unit of area equal to 3.3 square meters

ç²’

つぶ

counter for almonds and grain

通話

つうわ

counter for telephone calls (see also: 本)

ç¾½

わ, ば, and ぱ

counter for birds and rabbits

把

わ

counter for bundles

話

わ

counter for stories and episodes of TV series, etc.

夜

ã‚„

counter for nights (see also: 晩)

膳

ぜん

counter for pairs of chopsticks and bowls of rice