Daiji

Information on Daiji - alternative Kanji used for numbers

What is Daiji

In anime and comics, you may have seen unfamiliar Kanji letters used for numbers - "第話 [Episode 1]" for example.

These Kanji letters are called Daiji 大字 - formal numbers.

大字 is used in legal and financial documents to prevent manipulation (e.g. adding two horizontal bars to 一 [one] becomes 三 [tree]).

In anime, 大字 is used to give eccentric taste.

List of Daiji

Daiji Normal Kanji Meaning
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
100 / hundred
1,000 / thousand
10,000

You should know that such Kanji letters are sometimes used and that would be good if you can read them. You don't have to be able to write them.

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