Counters › 冊
冊 (satsu) — counting books and bound volumes
Books, magazines, notebooks — anything bound. This, not 本, is the counter for books.
How to count with 冊, 1 to 10
| # | Reading | Romaji | Written |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | いっさつ | issatsu | 1冊 |
| 2 | にさつ | nisatsu | 2冊 |
| 3 | さんさつ | sansatsu | 3冊 |
| 4 | よんさつ | yonsatsu | 4冊 |
| 5 | ごさつ | gosatsu | 5冊 |
| 6 | ろくさつ | rokusatsu | 6冊 |
| 7 | ななさつ | nanasatsu | 7冊 |
| 8 | はっさつ | hassatsu | 8冊 |
| 9 | きゅうさつ | kyuusatsu | 9冊 |
| 10 | じゅっさつ | jussatsu | 10冊 |
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In a sentence
| Japanese | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 本を三冊借りた | ほんをさんさつかりた honwosansatsukarita | I borrowed three books. |
| ノートが八冊必要です | ノートがはっさつひつようです no-togahassatsuhitsuyoudesu | I need eight notebooks. |
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
- 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
- 着 (chaku) — suits and outfits
- 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