When using elevator in a shopping mall, market, office or home we can see floor numbering is written on each floor switch/button. Or when searching for any section/department in a building it is also necessary to know on which floor it is. Today we will take a look about how to say floors in Japanese. Lets get to the point.
Floors in Japanese:
| Floors | Hiragana | Reading | Kanji |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | いっかい | ikkai | 1階 |
| 2 | にかい | nikai | 2階 |
| 3 | さんかい | sankai | 3階 |
| 4 | よんかい | yonkai | 4階 |
| 5 | ごかい | gokai | 5階 |
| 6 | ろっかい | rokkai | 6階 |
| 7 | ななかい | nanakai | 7階 |
| 8 | はちかい/はっかい | hachikai/hakkai | 8階 |
| 9 | きゅうかい | kyuukai | 9階 |
| 10 | じゅっかい | juukkai | 10階 |
| 11 | じゅういっかい | juuikkai | 11階 |
| 12 | じゅうにかい | juunikai | 12階 |
| 13 | じゅうさんかい | juusankai | 13階 |
| 14 | じゅうよんかい | juuyonkai | 14階 |
| 15 | じゅうごかい | juugokai | 15階 |
| 16 | じゅうろっかい | juurokkai | 16階 |
| 17 | じゅうななかい | juunanakai | 17階 |
| 18 | じゅうはちかい | juuhachikai | 18階 |
| 19 | じゅうきゅうかい | juukyuukai | 19階 |
| 20 | にじゅっかい | nijukkai | 20階 |
| 21 | にじゅういっかい | nijuikkai | 21階 |
| 22 | にじゅうにかい | nijunikai | 22階 |
| 23 | にじゅうさんかい | nijusankai | 23階 |
| 24 | にじゅうよんかい | nijuyonkai | 24階 |
| 25 | にじゅうごかい | nijugokai | 25階 |
This is how floors are being said in Japanese. It can be used everywhere i.e. for an office building, shopping mall, market, hospitals, house building etc. Hope this is helpful for you.
