Counter for Floors of a Building

The Japanese counter 階 (kai) is used to count the floors of a building.

Review the table below to learn how to count floors in Japanese.

Audio	English	Romaji	Japanese	Kana
	first floor	ikkai	一階	いっかい
	second floor	nikai	二階	にかい
	third floor	sangai	三階	さんがい
	fourth floor	yonkai	四階	よんかい
	fifth floor	gokai	五階	ごかい
	sixth floor	rokkai	六階	ろっかい
	seventh floor	nanakai	七階	ななかい
	eighth floor	hakkai	八階	はっかい
	ninth floor	kyuukai	九階	きゅうかい
	tenth floor	jukkai	十階	じゅっかい
	which floor	nangai	何階	なんがい

Floors in Japanese (Kanji, Hiragana and Romaji)