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That has to be a pretty recent development, because I have lived here for 5 years and I have never seen a number written like that. Sometimes you will see numb
by pezezin 3y ago
That has to be a pretty recent development, because I have lived here for 5 years and I have never seen a number written like that.
Sometimes you will see numbers written with the corresponding kanji after every four digits, like 1億2345万6789, which I like because it quickly tells you the magnitude, but it is not very common.
- AlchemistCamp 3y agoLooks like there's some news about the change in Japan: https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/10-000-or-1-0000-japanese-schools-are-starting-to-move-commas-on-big-numbers-but-why https://japantoday.com/category/features/lifestyle/10-000-or... I also see that mixed character-numeral format you mentioned pretty commonly here in Taiwan, especially with 萬 (simplified to 万 in Japan post-WWII). For really large numbers, there's usually not so much precision, so the tail part is just dropped.