Counters › 着
着 (chaku) — counting suits and outfits
Clothing counted as a complete outfit — a suit, a dress, a kimono. Individual shirts are usually 枚.
How to count with 着, 1 to 10
| # | Reading | Romaji | Written |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | いっちゃく | icchaku | 1着 |
| 2 | にちゃく | nichaku | 2着 |
| 3 | さんちゃく | sanchaku | 3着 |
| 4 | よんちゃく | yonchaku | 4着 |
| 5 | ごちゃく | gochaku | 5着 |
| 6 | ろくちゃく | rokuchaku | 6着 |
| 7 | ななちゃく | nanachaku | 7着 |
| 8 | はっちゃく | hacchaku | 8着 |
| 9 | きゅうちゃく | kyuuchaku | 9着 |
| 10 | じゅっちゃく | jucchaku | 10着 |
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In a sentence
| Japanese | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| スーツを二着持っている | スーツをにちゃくもっている su-tsuwonichakumotteiru | I own two suits. |
| 着物を一着買いました | きものをいっちゃくかいました kimonowoicchakukaimashita | I bought one kimono. |
The kanji
Other counters
- つ (tsu) — the all-purpose counter
- 人 (nin) — people
- 本 (hon) — long, thin things
- 枚 (mai) — flat, thin things
- 個 (ko) — small, roundish objects
- 匹 (hiki) — small animals
- 頭 (tou) — large animals
- 冊 (satsu) — books and bound volumes
- 台 (dai) — machines and vehicles
- 杯 (hai) — cupfuls and glassfuls
- 階 (kai) — floors of a building
- 回 (kai) — times / occurrences
- 歳 (sai) — age in years
- 軒 (ken) — houses and shops
- 足 (soku) — pairs of footwear
- 通 (tsuu) — letters and documents
- 名 (mei) — people (formal)
- 番 (ban) — order and rank
- 分 (fun) — minutes
- 時 (ji) — o'clock
- 年 (nen) — years
- ヶ月 (kagetsu) — months (duration)
- 週間 (shuukan) — weeks
- 泊 (haku) — nights of a stay
- 日 (nichi) — days and dates