Extra Kanji—Japanese Counter Words Flashcards
場
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
尾
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
文
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)
筆
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
幅
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
具
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
敗
はい
counter for losses (in sports matches)
箱
はこ
counter for boxes
張
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)
筆
ひつ and ぴつ
counter for pieces of land and numbers of people
歩
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
字
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
日
か
counter for day of the month
架
か
counter for frames
課
か
counter for lessons
株
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
画
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
軒
けん and げん
counter for houses
機
き
counter for aircraft and machines
基
き
counter for graves, wreaths, CPUs, reactors, elevators, and dams
斤
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
校
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 (齣 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
脚
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
局
きょく
counter for board game matches, radio stations, and television stations
枚
まい
counter for thin and flat objects, sheets of paper, photographs, plates, and articles of clothing (see also: 着)
巻
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
門
もん
counter for cannons
問
もん
counter for questions
年
ねん
counter for years and grades in school (does not apply to years of age; see 才 or 歳)
日
にち
counter for days of the month (readings are highly irregular)
人
にん
counter for people (readings are highly irregular; see also: り)
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
り
counter for people (used in the words 一人 (ひとり) and 二人 (ふたり).
輪
りん
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
隻
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
滴
てき
counter for drops of liquid
点
てん
counter for points, dots, and pieces of a set
頭
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
粒
つぶ
counter for almonds and grain
通話
つうわ
counter for telephone calls (see also: 本)
羽
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
や
counter for nights (see also: 晩)
膳
ぜん
counter for pairs of chopsticks and bowls of rice