1=Ichi
2=ni
3=san
4=chi (yon)
5=go
6=rocku
7=sitchi (nana)
8=hatchi
9=kyu
10=jyu
ichi, ni ,san, shi, go, rocku, nana, hachi, ku, ju
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
You then repeat it for over 10. So 10 + 1 = ju ichi
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The Chinese derived counters are:
1 一 (ichi)
2 二 (ni)
3 三 (san)
4 四 (shi or yon)
5 五 (go)
6 六 (roku)
7 七 (nana or shichi)
8 八 (hachi)
9 九 (kyuu)
10 十(juu)
The Japanese derived counters are:
1 一つ (hitotsu)
2 二つ (futatsu)
3 三つ (mitsu)
4 四つ (yottsu)
5 五つ (itsutsu)
6 六つ (muttsu)
7 七つ (nanatsu)
8 八つ (yattsu)
9 九つ (kokonotsu)
10 十 (tou)
Note, these counters have different meanings. If you simply want to count from 1 to 10 you should use the Chinese based counters. Japanese counters are used to signify quantity of items.
1 : ichi
2 : ni
3 : san
4 : shi, you
5 : go
6 : roku
7 : sichi, nana
8 : hachi
9 : kyu
10 : ju
In Japanese, one to ten is (in respective order)
一 二 三 四、 五 六 七 八 九 十
Ichi, Ni, San, Shi (or Yon), Go, Roku, Shichi, Hachi, Kyuu (Or Ku), Juu
1=ichi
2=ni
3=san
4=shi
5=go
6=roku
7=shichi
8=hachi
9=kyu
10=jyu
Multiple sources have these spellings.
Japanese: Zero, Ichi, Ni, San, Shi, Go, Roku, Nana, Hachi, Kyu, Jyu.
English(US): Zero, One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Ten.
ichi, ni, san, shi, go, roku, shichi, hachi, qu, juu.
The characters for this are
一, 二, 三, 四, 五, 六, 七, 八, 九, 十