goroawase question

[michaelamont7375]

1100 = 百獣の王

Here's a random question that I've been racking my brain with. How does 1100 break down into ひゃくじゅうのおう？I get the 110 = ひゃくじゅう part, but I don't get how のおう equals the final "0". And, of course, I understand how it means "King of Beasts". Odd question, I know, but I had a debate over it with somebody over the weekend.

Thanks,
マイケル

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マイケルさん、
こんにちは。
That must be 百獣の王.
Actually more than 100 animals exist in this world however, this is like an idiom so 百 (100) is used.
獣 means ‘animals.’
王 means ‘king’.
So that means ‘the king of beasts.’
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[michaelamont7375]

由紀さん

ありがとうございました！

That makes sense. In terms of pronouncing the actual numbers, would it break down like this:

100 = ひゃく
10 = じゅう
(extra zero) = あう

Which comes out to be 1100, or ひゃくじゅうのあう？

Like I've seen 700 pronounced ななお or 900 pronounced ここのおう。Is it the same thing in this case? Sorry to belabor the question; just one of those mysteries of the world that I'm trying to unravel Just seem cool how the King of Beasts can actually be written as a number.

マイケル

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michaelamont7375　マイケルさん、
こんにちは。
Have you learnt a general counter、 つ？
We introduce that from 1 to 10 because we hardly use it for big numbers and switch it to 個.

一 ひと
二 ふた
三 み
四 よ
五 いつ
六 む
七 なな
八 や
九 ここの
十 とお
１１こ　じゅういっこ
１２こ　じゅうにこ
１３　じゅうさんこ
…

However, actually we have that general for big numbers.
二十 はた
三十 みそ
四十 よそ
五十 いそ
六十 むそ
七十 ななそ
八十 やそ
九十 ここのそ
百 もも
二百 ふたほ
三百 みほ
四百 よほ
五百 いほ
六百 むほ
七百 ななほ
八百 やほ
九百 ここのほ
千 ち
万 よろず

I think that pun you mentioned comes from them above.

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[michaelamont7375]

由紀さん

ありがとうございました！わかりましたよ！

[community.japanese]

michaelamont7375さん、
こんにちは。
どういたしまして。
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