| A | B |
|---|
| 雨 | ame; (hito)----rain |
| アンペア | anpea; (ichi)----amperes |
| 場 | ba; (hito)----sections of a play |
| バーツ | baatsu; (ichi)----baht; Thai monetary unit |
| 倍 | bai; (ichi)----multiples; times as much; duplication |
| 晩 | ban; (hito *)----nights |
| 番 | ban; (ichi)----serial numbers; theatrical performances; Noh; sumo matches; shogi (将棋) |
| 番地 | banchi; (ichi)----lot; plot numbers (in address) |
| 番目 | banme; (ichi)-----ths |
| 番線 | bansen; (ichi)----track numbers |
| 番手 | bante; (ichi)----yarn count |
| 弁 | ben; (ichi)----flower petals |
| 尾 | bi; (ichi)----fish |
| 瓶 | bin; (hito)----bottles (1.8 l); vases of flowers |
| 便 | bin; (ichi)----public transport runs or flights |
| 木 | boku; (ichi)----lumber |
| ボルト | boruto; (ichi)----volts |
| 部 | bu; (ichi)----printed materials; copies; newspapers; sets of books; sections of Kanji dictionaries; scriptures |
| 分 | bu; (ichi)----tenth part of an equally divided whole; 1/10 of 1%; former unit of length; 3.03mm (3.787mm cloth); 1/10 sun (寸); 0.119 in.; former monetary unit; 1/4 両 (りょう); unit of footwear size; 2.4mm; 1/10 mon (文) |
| 歩 | bu; (ichi)----unit of sq. measure; 3.3sq m; 36 sq shaku (尺); 1 tsubo (坪); 10 gou (合); 2 jou (畳) |
| 分 | bun; (ichi)----fraction; denominators; part |
| 文 | bun; (ichi)----sentences; novels; writing |
| 秒 | byou; (ichi)----seconds |
| 着 | chaku; (ichi)----suits; dresses; trousers; finishing position (race; etc.) |
| 帙 | chitsu; (ichi)----Japanese-style books (和書 washo) |
| 丁 | chou; (ichi)----handled objects; carpenters' tools; scissors; pistols; saws; baskets; candles; forks; former unit of length; = 119.16 yards; 360 shaku; 109 m; 60 ken; cakes of tofu; servings (cutlets; noodles...); sheets bound Japanese style; town blocks |
| 兆 | chou; (ichi)----trillions |
| 張 | chou; (ichi)----bows or stringed instruments; curtains; screens or nets; mosquito nets |
| 町 | chou; (ichi)----former unit of length; 60 ken (間); 109.0 m; unit of sq measure; 10 tan (段); 99.17 ares |
| 挺 | chou; (ichi)----long objects: guns (銃 juu); oars; guitars; palanquins; candles; items of cutlery; axes (斧 ono) |
| 提 | chou; (ichi)----liquor bottles; sake bottles (tokkuri 徳利; choushi 銚子) |
| 貼 | chou; (ichi)----powdered medicine (散剤 sanzai) |
| 丁目 | choume; (ichi)----ward; block |
| 打 | da; (ichi)----hits (baseball?) |
| 駄 | da; (ichi)----horseloads |
| 朶 | da; (ichi)----long oblong chest (for clothing): nagamochi (長持); trees |
| 打 | ダース |
| 代 | dai; (ichi)----generations; descendants; reign periods |
| 台 | dai; (ichi)----vehicles; machines or mechanical devices; pair of skis; sliding ponds; 16-page units in printing; galleys |
| 題 | dai; (ichi)----questions; problems |
| 弟 | dai; (ichi)----children; younger brothers ? |
| 弾 | dan; (ichi)----steps; measures; or stages; shots; bullets |
| 段 | dan; (ichi)----steps; steps or stages; columns (of print) |
| 段落 | danraku; (ichi)----paragraphs |
| 立て | date; (ichi)----carriage horses or boat oars; films in a multi-feature movie |
| 瓧 | デかグラム |
| 籵 | デかメートル |
| 竍 | デかリットル |
| 瓰 | デシグラム |
| 粉 | デシメートル |
| 竕 | デシリットル |
| 度 | do; (ichi)----number of times; degrees; parts of musical scale |
| 撮 | dori; (ichi)----number of shots (pictures) available in a roll of film |
| 弗 | ドル |
| 堂 | dou; (ichi)----Buddhist temples |
| 重 | e; (hito)----fold; ply (of garments; cloth) |
| 柄 | e; (ichi)----halberd; halbert; (なぎなた); kitchen knife; cleaver |
| 枝 | eda; (hito)----flowers; branches |
| 駅 | eki; (hito 1 |
| 円 | en; (ichi)----yen; ￥; 100 sen (銭) |
| 園 | en; (ichi)----kindergartens |
| フィート | fiito; (ichi)----feet (12 inches) |
| 封 | fu; (ichi)----letters (mail) |
| 筆 | fude; (hito)----strokes of a brush |
| 幅 | fuku; (ichi)----scrolls; paintings in scroll form |
| 服 | fuku; (ichi)----doses/packets of medicine; puffs (of smoke); sips (of tea) |
| 袋 | fukuro; (hito)----bags; bagfuls; sacks |
| 分 | fun; (ichi)----minutes; former unit of weight; 0.375g; 1/10 monme (匁) |
| ふね | fune; (hito)----container of food (as sold in a store) |
| フラン | furan; (ichi)----franc; French monetary unit |
| 降 | furi; (hito)----rain |
| 振 | furi; (hito)----Japanese swords; halberds (naginata) |
| 房 | fusa; (hito)----bunches (grapes; bananas) |
| 蓋 | gai; (ichi)----lid-shaped objects such as bamboo hats (kasa 笠) |
| 学期 | gakki; (ichi)----terms; semesters |
| 学年 | gakunen; (ichi)----school years |
| ガロン | garon; (ichi)----gallons |
| 月 | gatsu; (ichi)----month names |
| ゲーム | geemu; (ichi)----games (bowling) |
| 元 | ゲン |
| 弦 | gen; (ichi)----strings (chords) |
| 原子 | genshi; (ichi)----number of atoms |
| 語 | go; (ichi)----words; languages |
| 言 | gon; (ichi)----words or letters |
| 号 | gou; (ichi)----No.; number; issue; dress size |
| 合 | gou; (ichi)----engagements; esp in fencing matches; lidded utensils or receptacles; incense containers (香合 kougou; former unit of sq measure; 1/10 tsubo (坪); 10 shaku (勺); 0.330 ㎡; unit of capacity; 1/10 shou (升); 10 shaku (勺); 0.180 l; 1/10 the height of a given mountain |
| 盒 | gou; (ichi)----incense containers (香合 kougou) |
| 号車 | gousha; (ichi)----train car numbers |
| 具 | gu; (ichi)----sets of articles; as suits of armor; prayer beads (数珠 juzu); palanquin (駕籠 kago) |
| 瓦 | グラム |
| グロス | gurosu; (ichi)----gross (12 dozen); e.g. penpoints |
| 行 | gyou; (ichi)----lines (of print; etc) |
| 波 | ha; (hito)----events occurring in waves |
| 葉 | ha; (hito)----leaves (of a tree) |
| 鉢 | hachi; (hito)----potted plants; bonsai pots |
| 敗 | hai; (ichi)----defeats |
| 杯 | hai; (ichi)----glassfuls; cupfuls; bowlfuls; spoonfuls; containersful; drinks; squid; octopi; cuttlefish; ships |
| 箱 | hako; (hito *)----boxes; boxfuls |
| 拍 | haku; (ichi)----beats; number of syllables in Japanese words |
| 泊 | haku; (ichi)----overnight stays |
| 版 | han; (ichi)----editions |
| 犯 | han; (ichi)----(prior) offenses |
| 刎 | hane; (hito)----helmets (兜 kabuto) |
| 腹 | hara; (hito)----tarako (鱈子) codefish roe |
| 針 | hari; (hito)----seams; stitches (縫い目 nuime); meshes of a net (編み目 amime) |
| 張り | hari; (hito)----bows; stringed instruments; paper lanterns; umbrellas; (curtains; objects stretched over a frame) |
| 箸 | hashi; (hito)----a single mouthful of food |
| 柱 | hashira; (hito)----gods; mortuary tablets |
| 派 | hasuri; (hito)----errand doers |
| 発 | hatsu; (ichi)----shots or rounds; engines; blows |
| 瓶 | hei; (ichi)----potted plants or ikebana |
| ヘクタール | hekutaaru; (ichi)----hectares |
| 瓸 | ヘクトグラム |
| 粨 | ヘクトメートル |
| 竡 | ヘクトリットル |
| 片 | hen; (ichi)----fragments or flakes (irregular shaped "mai") |
| 篇 | hen; (ichi)----poems |
| 編 | hen; (ichi)----chapters or parts; (Chinese ) poems |
| 返 | hen; (ichi)----number of times |
| 遍 | hen; (ichi)----number of times |
| ヘルツ | herutsu; (ichi)----hertz; hz. |
| 部屋 | heya; (hito)----rooms |
| 匹 | hiki; (ichi)----small animals; fish; insects (& unit of measure for rolls of cloth) |
| 疋 | hiki; (ichi)----unit of measure for rolls of cloth; 2 tan (反); c. 9m |
| 疋 | hiki; (hito)----counter for lengths of cloth; about 21m |
| 疋 | hiki; (ichi)----animals; former monetary unit; 10 (later 25) mon (文) |
| 品 | hin; (ichi)----courses of a meal; saleable things |
| 片 | hira; (hito)----flower petals |
| 尋 | hiro; (hito)----fathom; unit of length; c. 1.8m; 6 shaku (尺); used esp. for water depth |
| 筆 | hitsu; (ichi)----documents; papers (書類 shorui); ricefields; land registrations |
| 舗 | ho; (ichi)----maps (literary) |
| 歩 | ho; (ichi)----(foot)steps |
| 本 | hon; (ichi)----long; cylindrical objects; rounds or points of a match (karate); baseball safe hits; movies; letters |
| 包 | hou; (ichi)----tablets (pills); packets of (powder) medicine; tea |
| 百 | hyaku; (ichi)----100s |
| 俵 | hyou; (ichi)----(straw) bags of rice; cereal; sackfuls |
| 票 | hyou; (ichi)----votes |
| 拍子 | hyoushi; (ichi)----beats; or number of syllables in Japanese words |
| 位 | i; (ichi)----spirits (of the dead); ranking; place; standard (順位 jun'i) |
| 圏 | iichan; (ichi)----games of mahjonng |
| 吋 | インチ |
| 色 | iro; (hito)----colors; kinds |
| 字 | ji; (ichi)----characters; letters (kanji) |
| 寺 | ji; (ichi)----Buddhist temples |
| 時 | ji; (ichi)----hours of the day; o'clock |
| 次 | ji; (ichi)----numerical order or number of times |
| 耳 | ji; (ichi)----rabbits (pairs) |
| 時限 | jigen; (ichi)----hour; period (school class) |
| 時間 | jikan; (ichi)----hours |
| 軸 | jiku; (ichi)----scrolls |
| 陣 | jin; (ichi)----occurring in spells |
| 女 | jo; (ichi)----daughters |
| 丈 | jou; (ichi)----unit of length; 10 shaku (尺); 3.030 m |
| 乗 | jou; (ichi)----vehicles (literary); numbers (powers) |
| 条 | jou; (ichi)----articles; sections (e.g. constitution); strip-like; slender objects; obi (帯); rivers |
| 畳 | jou; (ichi)----tatami; mats (3'x6'); roomsize |
| 錠 | jou; (ichi)----tablets; pills |
| 帖 | jou; (ichi)----quires (of paper); folding screens; karakami; volumes of Japanese books...; tatami or (straw) mats; mochi; nori (10 sheets) |
| 樹 | ju; (ichi)----trees |
| 旬 | jun; (ichi)----ten-day periods; decades? |
| 巡 | jun; (ichi)----rounds |
| 什 | juu; (ichi)----Chinese poems |
| 十 | juu; (ichi)----10s |
| 重 | juu; (ichi)----folds; layers; plies; tiered boxes (重箱) |
| 価 | ka; (ichi)----valence (Physics) |
| 果 | ka; (ichi)----fruits; jewels; or seals |
| 架 | ka; (ichi)----folding screens (byoubu 屏風); framed pictures |
| 箇 | ka; (ichi)----items; places; units of time |
| 荷 | ka; (ichi)----loads; burdens; tubs; buckets (桶 oke) |
| 菓 | ka; (ichi)----fruits |
| 課 | ka; (ichi)----lessons |
| 日 | ka; (hito)----days (2-10; 20) |
| 顆 | ka; (ichi)----fruits; jewels; small round things; hanko |
| 花弁 | kaben; (ichi)----flower petals |
| 株 | kabu; (hito)----stocks; shares; plant with roots (shrubs); trees |
| ヶ月 | kagetsu; (ichi)----months |
| 籠 | kago; (hito)----baskets; fruits |
| かい | kai; (ichi)----irregular surfaced "ko" |
| 回 | kai; (ichi)----number of times; games; matches; innings |
| 階 | kai; (ichi)----floors; stories |
| 葢 | kai; (ichi)----hats |
| 掛 | kake; (hito)----collars (襟 eri); strings (弦 gen) |
| 角形 | kakkei; (ichi)-----sided figure; -agon |
| ヶ国 | kakoku; (ichi)----countries |
| ヶ国語 | kakokugo; (ichi)----languages |
| 画 | kaku; (ichi)----strokes (kanji) |
| 角 | kaku; (ichi)----angles |
| 叺 | kamasu; (hito)----(straw bags of) sugar |
| 巻 | kan; (ichi)----books of one work; volumes; reels of a film |
| 款 | kan; (ichi)----articles or subsections |
| 管 | kan; (ichi)----wind instruments |
| 缶 | 罐 |
| 艦 | kan; (ichi)----warships |
| 貫 | kan; (ichi)----1; 000 monme (匁); 8.27 lb; 3.750 kg; former monetary unit; 1; 000 mon (文) (Edo era: 960 mon) |
| ヶ年 | kanen; (ichi)----years |
| カップ | kappu; (ichi)----cups (in recipes) |
| カロリー | karorii; (ichi)----calories |
| 襲 | kasane; (ichi)----Japanese clothing |
| 重ね | kasane; (hito)----(kagami) mochi (鏡餅); tiered boxes (重箱 juubako); layers of clothing |
| かせ | kase; (hito)----thread wound on skeins |
| 綛 | kase; (hito)----items wound on a frame |
| 頭 | kashira; (hito)----helmets; headgear worn by nobles in court dress (烏帽子 eboshi); masks (faces 面 omote) |
| ヶ所 | kasho; (ichi)----places (箇所) |
| 方 | kata; (hito)----persons (honorific) |
| 片食 | katakia; (ichi)----meals (from Edo era when 2 meals a day were usual) |
| 塊 | katamari; (hito)----lumped objects |
| 片付 | katazuke; (hito)----one's tidying |
| 家族 | kazoku; (hito 1 |
| 京 | kei; (ichi)----10 million billion; 1000 chou (兆); 10 quadrillion; 10 to the 16th |
| 景 | kei; (ichi)----scenes; sections of a play |
| 茎 | kei; (ichi)----long and narrow objects [rare]; hanging lantern (灯籠 tourou); writing brush (筆) |
| 間 | ken; (ichi)----unit of length; 6 shaku (尺); 1.818 m. |
| 件 | ken; (ichi)----cases; matters; affairs; bills; measures |
| 剣 | ken; (ichi)----Japanese swords |
| 軒 | ken; (ichi)----buildings; houses |
| 鍵 | ken; (ichi)----keys (of a piano) |
| 桁 | keta; (hito 1-4)----digits (number) |
| 穴 | ketsu; (ichi)----holes |
| 基 | ki; (ichi)----machines; elevators; gravestones; stone monuments; placed things; torii; screens; dressing table |
| 期 | ki; (ichi)----terms |
| 機 | ki; (ichi)----planes; aircraft; heavy machinery |
| 紀 | ki; (ichi)----12-year periods |
| 騎 | ki; (ichi)----horsemen; (mounted) horses |
| 斤 | kin; (ichi)----catty; kin; 160 monme (匁); 0.601 kg. |
| 切 | kire; (hito)----slices; cuts; pieces; bits; strips |
| キロ | kiro; (ichi)----kilograms; kilometers; kiloliters |
| キロアンペヤ | kiroanpeya; (ichi)----kiloamperes |
| キロボルト | kiroboruto; (ichi)----kilovolts; kv; 1000 volts |
| 瓩 | キログラム |
| 粁 | キロメートル |
| 竏 | キロリットル |
| キロサイクル | kirosaikuru; (ichi)----kilocycles; kc; 1000 cycles |
| キロワット | kirowatto; (ichi)----kilowatts; kw; 1000 watts |
| 気筒 | kitou; (ichi)----cylinders (engine) |
| 個 | ko; (ichi)----general articles; goods; luggage; hats; items; small artifacts; fruits; mochi |
| 戸 | ko; (ichi)----houses; households |
| 壺 | ko; (ichi)----jars (tsubo 壺) |
| 石 | koku; (ichi)----former unit of capacity; 10 to (斗); 180.5 l; used esp. for rice stipends in feudal Japan; former unit of capacity; c. 278 l; 10 cubic shaku (尺); used esp. for measuring lumber |
| 国語 | kokugo; (ichi)----languages |
| 駒 | 齣 |
| 齣 | koma; (hito)----classes (授業 jugyou) |
| 献 | kon; (ichi)----offerings (drinks) of wine |
| 喉 | kon; (ichi)----fish |
| コペック | kopekku; (ichi)----kopek; Russian monetary unit |
| 梱 | kori; (hito)----raw silk (thread) (生糸 kiito); luggage (荷物) |
| 腰 | koshi; (hito)----objects attached to the waist; as swords; hakama; quiver; etc. |
| 口 | kou; (ichi)----kettles; pots; teacups; plates; bowls; bells; swords |
| 更 | kou; (ichi)----watches of the night; lateness of the night |
| 校 | kou; (ichi)----schools; proofs (corrections of printings) |
| 講 | kou; (ichi)----lectures |
| 航海 | koukai; (ichi)----sea voyages |
| 項目 | koumoku; (ichi)----item; clause |
| 光年 | kounen; (ichi)----light years |
| 句 | ku; (ichi)----haiku; senryuu |
| 区 | ku; (ichi)----sections |
| 躯 | ku; (ichi)----statues (of gods) |
| 口 | ku; (ichi)----swords (刀); razors (剃刀); kettles (釜); pots; dishes (皿 sara) |
| 口 | kuchi; (hito)----mouthfuls; drinks (liquor) |
| 区間 | kukan; (ichi)----sections between two points (as between stations for fare differences) |
| 茎 | kuki; (hito)----writing brushes (筆 fude) |
| 括 | kukuri; (hito)----papers |
| 組み | kumi; (hito *)----sets; suits; sake cups in sets of three; tiered boxes; plates; bowls; groups of people |
| クラス | kurasu; (hito)----class (school) |
| クローネ | kuroone; (ichi)----krone; Danish and Norwegian monetary units |
| 鎖 | kusari; (hito)----chain; section of a sequence |
| 串 | kushi; (hito)----dumplings (団子 dango) |
| 客 | kyaku; (ichi)----utensils; tableware; etc; used for receiving guests |
| 脚 | kyaku; (ichi)----legged furniture; chairs; desks; tables; armrests |
| 局 | kyoku; (ichi)----board games; go; shogi games |
| 曲 | kyoku; (ichi)----pieces of music; songs; tunes; dances |
| 京 | kyou; (ichi)----10 quadrillion; 10 to the 16th |
| 球 | kyuu; (ichi)----larger; round "ko"; pitches (baseball) |
| 級 | kyuu; (ichi)----ordering; class; grade |
| 間 | ma; (hito *)----rooms |
| 曲 | mage; (hito)----tsukudani (佃煮); food boiled down in soy |
| 枚 | mai; (ichi)----thin; flat objects; sheets; pages; mats; panes; order of sumo ranking; clothing; mochi |
| 哩 | マイル |
| 巻 | maki; (hito)----rolls of silk; cloth; scrolls; windings; scriptures; sacred books |
| 幕 | maku; (ichi)----acts; performances; shows; sections of a play |
| 万 | man; (ichi)----10; 000s |
| マルク | maruku; (ichi)----mark; Germany monetary unit |
| 目 | me; (ichi)----monme: unit of weight; 3.75g; 1 monme (匁); meshes of a net; stitches |
| 米 | メートル |
| 名 | mei; (ichi)----persons (lit.); members |
| 面 | men; (ichi)----flat surfaces (tennis courts; mirrors; go boards (盤 ban)) (2-dimensional "mai"); kotos |
| 味 | mi; (ichi)----food or condiments |
| 粍 | ミリ(メートル) |
| 瓱 | ミリグラム |
| 竓 | ミリリットル |
| ミリバール | mirobaaru; (ichi)----millobars |
| 目 | moku; (ichi)----items; crosses of a go board |
| 文 | mon; (ichi)----former monetary unit; 1/1000 貫 (かん) |
| 文 | mon; (hito)----unit of footwear size c. 2.4 cm |
| 問 | mon; (ichi)----questions |
| 門 | mon; (ichi)----cannons |
| 匁 | monme; (ichi)----3.750 g; .132 oz; 2.117 drams; 1/000 kan (貫); now esp. for weighing pearls; former monetary unit; 1/60 ryou (両) |
| 盛 | mori; (hito)----measures of medicine |
| 本 | moto; (hito)----plants with roots |
| 毛 | mou; (ichi)----former monetary unit; 1/10; 000 yen (円); former unit of length; c. .03mm; 1/1000 sun (寸); former unit of weight; 3.75mg; 1/1000 monme (匁); 1/1000; 1/1000 of 10%: .0001 |
| 棟 | mune; (hito)----buildings; houses |
| 群 | mure; (hito)----groups; flocks |
| 流 | nagare; (hito)----flags |
| 男 | nan; (ichi)----sons |
| 七日 | nanuka; (ichi)----death anniversary (weeks) |
| 夏 | natsu; (hito)----summers |
| 年 | nen; (ichi)----years |
| 年間 | nen(kan); (ichi)----years |
| 年生 | nensei; (ichi)-----grade student; -year student |
| 日 | nichi; (ichi)----days (except 2-10; 20) |
| 握り | nigiri; (hito)----grasped objects |
| 人 | nin; (ichi)----persons; human beings (3 or more) |
| 人組 | ningumi; (ichi*)----group; gang members |
| 人前 | ninmae; (ichi)----portions; servings (food) |
| 貫 | nuki; (hito)----rosary beads; (数珠) juzu |
| 桶 | oke; (hito)----bathtubs (浴槽 yokusou) |
| 億 | oku; (ichi)----100; 000; 000s |
| オンス | onsu; (ichi)----ounces |
| 折り | ori; (hito)----small boxes of food (orizume 折り詰め); number of foldings |
| 往復 | oufuku; (ichi)----return trips |
| パーセント | paasento; (ichi)----percent ％ |
| 頁 | ページ |
| ペンス | pensu; (ichi)----pence; British monetary unit |
| ペセタ | peseta; (ichi)----peseta; Spanish monetary unit |
| ペソ | peso; (ichi)----peso; Mexican (etc) monetary unit |
| ポイント | pointo; (ichi)----points (type) |
| 封 | 磅 |
| 听 | ポンド |
| レーン | reen; (ichi)----lanes (bowling) |
| 連 | ren; (ichi)----reams (of paper); strung objects; misc. linked objects or sets (chains; necklaces...); Chinese poems |
| 聨 | 聯 |
| 列車 | ressha; (ichi)----trains |
| 列 | retsu; (ichi)----rows; columns; ranks |
| 人 | ri; (hito)----persons (1 & 2 only) |
| 里 | ri; (ichi)----Japanese league; former unit of distance c. 3.927km; 36 chou (丁); 2.445 mi. |
| 厘 | rin; (ichi)----former monetary unit; 1/10 sen (銭); 1/1000 yen (円); former unit of length; c. 0.3mm; 1/100 sun (寸); former unit of weight; 37.5mg; 1/100 monme (匁) |
| 輪 | rin; (ichi)----wheels; flowers; blossoms |
| リラ | rira; (ichi)----lira; Italian monetary unit |
| 立 | リットル |
| 塁 | rui; (ichi)----bases (baseball) |
| 類 | rui; (ichi)----kinds; types |
| ルピー | rupii; (ichi)----rupee; Indian monetary unit |
| ルーブル | ruuburu; (ichi)----ruble; Russian monetary unit |
| 両 | ryou; (ichi)----former monetary unit; 4 bu (分) [4 kan (貫)?]; railway cars; cars; former unit of weight; 37.5g; 1/16 kin (斤) |
| 領 | ryou; (ichi)----suits of armor; Japanese clothing; fusuma; surplice (袈裟 kesa) |
| 輌 | ryou; (ichi)----railway cars; vehicles; rolling stock |
| 笠 | ryuu; (ichi)----bamboo hats |
| 流 | ryuu; (ichi)----schools (systems of art...); flags |
| 粒 | ryuu; (ichi)----grains (cereal); pills |
| 旒 | ryuu; (ichi)----flags |
| 下げ | sage; (hito)----hakama (袴) |
| 才 | sai; (ichi)----unit of volume; c. 0.0278cc; 1 cubic shaku (尺); esp. for lumber or freight; unit of capacity; c. 1/10 shaku (勺); unit of sq. measure; c. 1 sq. foot; used for measuring textiles |
| 歳 | 才 |
| 菜 | sai; (ichi)----dishes (food) |
| 載 | sai; (ichi)----years; 100 tredecillion (10 to the 44th) (archaic) |
| 匙 | saji; (hito)----spoon(ful)s |
| さく | saku; (hito)----block of fish prepared for sashimi; half a fish |
| 作 | saku; (ichi)----film; literary or artistic work |
| 盞 | san; (ichi)----cups; glasses |
| 竿 | 棹 |
| 皿 | sara; (hito 1-4)----plates; helpings; sashimi |
| 差 | sashi; (hito)----Noh; dances |
| 点 | sashi; (hito)----eye drops (目薬) |
| 冊 | satsu; (ichi)----volumes; books; magazines; copies |
| 刷 | satsu; (ichi)----printings |
| 札 | satsu; (ichi)----papers; letters |
| 畝 | se; (ichi)----unit of sq measure; 30 bu (歩); 0.99 ares; 30 tsubo (坪); 99.17 ㎡ |
| 世代 | sedai; (ichi)----generations |
| 世 | sei; (ichi)----generations or reign periods; 30-year periods |
| 世紀 | seiki; (ichi)----centuries |
| 隻 | seki; (ichi)----large ships; warships |
| 席 | seki; (ichi)----theatrical performances |
| 石 | seki; (ichi)----jewels of a watch; transistors; diodes |
| 千 | sen; (ichi)----1; 000s |
| 川 | sen; (ichi)----rivers [rare] |
| 戦 | sen; (ichi)----games; matches |
| 煎 | sen; (ichi)----sencha (green tea of middle grade) |
| 選 | sen; (ichi)----terms of election |
| 銭 | sen; (ichi)----sen; former monetary unit; 1/100 yen (円); 10 rin (厘); formerly 1/1000 kan (貫) |
| 糎 | センチ(メートル) |
| 甅 | せンチグラム |
| 竰 | センチリットル |
| 仙 | セント |
| 世帯 | setai; (ichi)----households |
| 節 | setsu; (ichi)----sections (of a novel); paragraphs (of a composition) |
| セット | setto; (ichi)----sets of clothing |
| 社 | sha; (ichi)----companies; Shinto shrines |
| 車 | sha; (ichi)----freight trains; cars |
| 勺 | shaku; (ichi)----0.018 l (dry/liq measure); 330.5 sq cm |
| 尺 | shaku; (ichi)----.995 feet; 10 sun (寸); 303 mm (378.7 mm cloth) |
| 車線 | shasen; (ichi)----lanes of traffic |
| 子 | shi; (ichi)----go pieces |
| 指 | shi; (ichi)----fingers |
| 枝 | shi; (ichi)----slender objects; halberds (rare) |
| 紙 | shi; (ichi)----types of newspapers |
| 詩 | shi; (ichi)----Chinese poems |
| 翅 | shi; (ichi)----birds |
| 試合 | shiai; (ichi)----matches; contests |
| シーシー | shiishii; (ichi)----cc; cubic centimeters |
| 敷き | shiki; (hito)----room widths |
| 締め | shime; (hito)----reams or bundles of paper |
| 審 | shin; (ichi)----judgements stages |
| 品 | shina; (hito)----courses of a meal |
| 進法 | shinhou; (ichi*)----system of counting |
| 進数 | shinsuu; (ichi*)----system of counting |
| 親等 | shintou; (ichi)----degree of family relationship |
| シリング | shiringu; (ichi)----shilling; former British monetary unit |
| 室 | shitsu; (ichi)----rooms |
| 雫 | shizuku; (hito)----drops (liquid) |
| 滴 | shizuku; (hito)----drops (liquid) |
| 色 | shoku; (ichi)----colors |
| 食 | shoku; (ichi)----meals |
| 勝 | shou; (ichi)----wins (sports) |
| 升 | shou; (ichi)----10 gou (合); 3.17 pints; box measure; 1.805 l; esp. for sake or rice |
| 床 | shou; (ichi)----beds |
| 章 | shou; (ichi)----chapters |
| 勝負 | shoubu; (ichi)----matches; contests; games |
| 株 | shu; (ichi)----plants; trees |
| 朱 | shu; (ichi)----former monetary unit; 1/16 ryou (両) |
| 種 | shu; (ichi)----sorts; kinds; varieties; events (in sports programs) |
| 首 | shu; (ichi)----(Chinese) poems; "waka"; pieces |
| 種類 | shurui; (ichi)----sorts; kinds |
| 周 | shuu; (ichi)----rounds; circuits; laps |
| 週(間) | shuu(kan); (ichi)----weeks; order of weeks within a month |
| 周忌 | shuuki; (ichi)----death anniversaries |
| 周年 | shuunen; (ichi)----continuous years; years in a row |
| 則 | soku; (ichi)----rules or items |
| 束 | soku; (ichi)----bundles of firewood; vegetables; various items in bundles or bunches (fagots; sheaves; reams) |
| 足 | soku; (ichi)----pairs of footwear; shoes; socks; pants; steps |
| 村 | son; (ichi)----villages |
| 具 | sonae; (hito)----kamishimo (裃) ceremonial dress; kesa (袈裟) surplice |
| 揃い | soroi; (hito)----sets; suits; tongs; pairs of chopsticks; pair of skis |
| 叢 | sou; (ichi)----groups; flocks |
| 層 | sou; (ichi)----layers; stories of a building |
| 雙 | 双 |
| 艘 | sou; (ichi)----small ships |
| 据え | sue; (hito)----bath tubs (浴槽 yokusou); bath basins (風呂桶 furooke) |
| 錘 | sui; (ichi)----spindles |
| 筋 | suji; (hito)----long; slender objects; roads (two dimensional 本); obi; rivers |
| 掬い | sukui; (hito)----scoop(ing)s |
| 寸 | sun; (ichi)----unit of length; 10 bu (分); 1.193 in; 30.3 mm (37.87 mm cloth) |
| ステージ | suteeji; (ichi)----performances; shows |
| 数 | suu; (ichi)----numbers of... |
| 据わり | suwari; (hito)----kasane-mochi |
| 束 | taba; (hito)----bundles |
| 度 | tabi; (hito)----number of times |
| 体 | tai; (ichi)----dead bodies; corpses; remains; ashes; images of Buddhist or Shinto deities; manequins |
| 袋 | tai; (ichi)----bags; bagfuls |
| 卓 | taku; (ichi)----mahjongg tables (雀卓 jantaku) |
| 玉 | tama; (hito)----"lump" (一塊 hitokatamari) of udon; soba; small ammunition; bullets |
| 端 | tan; (ichi)----scrolls |
| 段 | tan; (ichi)----unit of sq measure; 10 se (畝); 9.917 ares; 300 bu (歩) |
| 反 | tan; (ichi)----36cm x ~10m (standard bolt of cloth to make kimono) |
| 単位 | tani; (ichi)----units; credits |
| 垂れ | tare; (hito)----blinds (curtains) |
| 樽 | taru; (hito)----beverages (barrel; cask; keg; tub) |
| 立 | tate; (ichi)----successive victories or defeats |
| 手 | te; (hito)----Noh; moves in shogi; go; sumo; pair of arrows |
| 訂 | tei; (ichi)----revised editions |
| 蹄 | tei; (ichi)----cows; horses; deer |
| 滴 | teki; (ichi)----drops; (small; liquid round "ko") |
| 店 | ten; (ichi)----shops; firms |
| 点 | ten; (ichi)----marks; points (score); pieces (art; furniture); various articles |
| 斗 | to; (ichi)----15.88 quarts; 10 shou (升); 18.05 l |
| 所 | tokoro; (hito)----places; (literary:) people |
| 戸前 | tomae; (hito)----warehouses; storehouses; godowns |
| 屯 | トン |
| 通 | toori; (hito 1 |
| 通 | toori; (ichi/hito)----kinds; ways of doing |
| 刀 | tou; (ichi)----katana; (Japanese) swords |
| 套 | tou; (ichi)----books |
| 棟 | tou; (ichi)----block number; blocks of flats (buildings) |
| 灯 | 燈 |
| 等 | tou; (ichi)----classes; grades; ranks |
| 統 | tou; (ichi)----setnets (anchored fishnets) [rare] |
| 頭 | tou; (ichi)----large domesticated animals; cows; horses; whales; statues |
| 等分 | toubun; (ichi)----equal divisions |
| つ | tsu; (hito)general inanimate units (1-9) |
| 坪 | tsubo; (hito)----unit of sq. (land) measure; 1 bu (歩); 10 gou (合); 2 jou (畳); 6'x6'; 3.30㎡; 36 sq. shaku (尺); unit of cubic measure; c. 6; 000 l; 216 cu. shaku (尺); esp. for measuring earth |
| 粒 | tsubu; (hito)----grains; pills; drops (small; round; solid "ko") |
| 番 | tsugai; (hito)----couples; pairs (of animals) |
| 次 | tsugi; (ichi)----stage on the Tokaido highway |
| 対 | tsui; (ichi)----pairs (vases; tongs...); folding fans; ikebana (生花) |
| 月 | tsuki; (hito 1-4)----months |
| 撮み | tsumami; (hito)----a pinch; a slight amount; pinched objects |
| 包み | tsutsumi; (hito)----powdered medicine |
| 通 | tsuu; (ichi)----mail; documents; letters; cards; communications |
| 通話 | tsuuwa; (ichi)----telephone calls |
| 綴 | tsuzuri; (hito)----papers |
| 宇 | u; (ichi)----temple buildings (お堂 odou) |
| 臼 | usu; (hito)----mochi |
| 羽 | wa; (ichi)----birds; hares |
| 把 | wa; (ichi)----bunches; bundles; sheaves; letters (mail) |
| 話 | wa; (ichi)----stories (tales) |
| 碗 | 椀 |
| 割 | wari; (ichi)----tenths; units of ten percent |
| ワット | watto; (ichi)----watts |
| 夜 | ya; (ichi)----evenings |
| 碼 | ヤード |
| 山 | yama; (hito 1 |
| 余 | yo; (ichi)-----odd; some more than... |
| 翼 | yoku; (ichi)----birds |
| 葉 | you; (ichi)----leaves or sheets (of paper...) |
| 元 | ユアン |
| 裄 | yuki; (hito)----hakama (袴) |
| 座 | za; (ichi)----Shinto shrines; (seated) statues; deities; high mountains or forests |
| 剤 | zai; (ichi)----doses (of medicine) |
| 山 | zan; (ichi)----temples (寺院 jiin) |
| 膳 | zen; (ichi)----pairs of chopsticks; bowls of rice; meals; small dining tables (膳 zen) |
| 絶 | zetsu; (ichi)----Chinese poems |
