Numbers in Thai 1 to 100

Numbers in Thai follow a simple, regular pattern, with just two small surprises that children love to spot. Tap any number on the chart above to hear it in Thai and English, or press Count with me to count along from หนึ่ง (nueng, one) to หนึ่งร้อย (nueng roi, one hundred). This page also shows the Thai numerals, ๑ ๒ ๓, which your child will see on banknotes, temple signs and school books.

Thai numbers 1 to 10

หนึ่ง nueng, สอง song, สาม sam, สี่ si, ห้า ha, หก hok, เจ็ด chet, แปด paet, เก้า kao, สิบ sip. Zero is ศูนย์ (sun). Each number has its own tone, so tap them one by one and copy the melody; romanized spellings do not show tones.

Thai numbers 1 to 20 with Thai numerals

Two surprises: 11 and 20

Most Thai numbers are built like Chinese ones: "ten-two" is 12 (สิบสอง), "three-ten" is 30 (สามสิบ). But two things change:

• One at the end becomes เอ็ด (et). So 11 is สิบเอ็ด (sip et), not "sip nueng", and 21 is ยี่สิบเอ็ด (yi sip et). The same goes for 31, 41 and up to 91.
• Twenty is ยี่สิบ (yi sip), not "song sip". The old word ยี่ is only used here.

Make it a game: "Is it sip nueng?" Your child gets to say "No! สิบเอ็ด!" Children love catching a grown-up's mistake.

How to count to 100 in Thai

The tens are สิบ, ยี่สิบ, สามสิบ, สี่สิบ, ห้าสิบ, หกสิบ, เจ็ดสิบ, แปดสิบ, เก้าสิบ and then หนึ่งร้อย (100), often just ร้อย (roi). Add units after the ten: สี่สิบห้า (45), เก้าสิบเก้า (99). Because the words say "four tens and five", Thai counting supports place value, just like the English 1 to 100 chart when you point to the tens column.

Thai numerals: ๐ ๑ ๒ ๓ ๔ ๕ ๖ ๗ ๘ ๙

Thailand has its own digits as well as the familiar 0 to 9. Thai numerals appear on banknotes and coins, official documents, temple dates, some price tags and many school textbooks. Arabic digits are more common in shops and on phones, so Thai children learn both. Here they are once more: ๐ 0, ๑ 1, ๒ 2, ๓ 3, ๔ 4, ๕ 5, ๖ 6, ๗ 7, ๘ 8, ๙ 9. A fun way in: look at a Thai banknote with your child and find the numerals together. The number ๑ starts with a little circle, just like many Thai letters.

Numbers in Thai culture

• 555 means "hahaha". Five is ห้า (ha), so Thai people type 555 online for laughter. Older children find this hilarious.
• Nine is lucky. เก้า (kao) sounds like ก้าว (to step forward, to progress), so many people like the number nine.
• Counting words. Thai uses classifiers after numbers: แมว สอง ตัว (two cats) uses ตัว for animals, and ส้ม สาม ลูก (three oranges) uses ลูก for round fruit. Children learn these by hearing them; there is no need to teach rules.
• Songkran and Children's Day are full of counting chances: water buckets, gifts, family members at the table.

How to teach numbers in Thai at home

Keep it playful: count jumps, claps or stairs. Five minutes with a grown-up is worth more than a long session alone.

For heritage and bilingual families

Many children in Thai families abroad count well in English but stop at ten in Thai. Keep one daily routine in Thai, such as counting stairs, bath-time to ten, or counting fruit with fruits in Thai. Grandparents can count along on video calls. Korean has its own interesting number story; compare with numbers in Korean. There is no Thai numbers worksheet PDF, but you can print this page from your browser: the 1 to 20 table prints as a clean chart with Thai numerals.

มานับเลขกันเถอะ

ตัวเลขภาษาไทยจำได้ไม่ยาก เมื่อรู้จักหนึ่งถึงสิบแล้ว ก็นับต่อไปได้ถึงร้อย แต่มีสองอย่างที่ต้องจำ คือ สิบเอ็ด ไม่ใช่ สิบหนึ่ง และ ยี่สิบ ไม่ใช่ สองสิบ ลองให้ลูกช่วยจับผิดดูนะคะ เด็ก ๆ จะสนุกมาก

นับเลขได้ทุกที่ นับบันไดตอนเดินขึ้นบ้าน นับองุ่นตอนกินขนม นับน้ำที่รดตอนสงกรานต์ และลองหาเลขไทย ๑ ๒ ๓ บนธนบัตรด้วยกัน เมื่อลูกนับได้ อย่าลืมชมว่า "เก่งมาก!"

How to use this page at home

Say it, then find it

Play for a few minutes, then look for the same thing away from the screen: thai words on the shelf, in the kitchen, on the way to school. A child learns a word properly when they meet it twice, once on the screen and once in their hand.

Ten minutes is enough

Short and happy beats long and tired. Stop while your child still wants more, and come back tomorrow: the same page on five short days teaches far more than one long sitting. Nothing here is scored, so there is no reason to push.

Use both languages

Tap the language button at the top to hear the words in your home language first and the second language after. Hearing the same picture named in two languages is one of the few things research agrees builds attention as well as vocabulary.