Amount in Words (cheque and voucher form)

Features

• Chinese capital form: zero placement, empty sections and the trailing 整 all follow the voucher regulation
• Voucher date form: leading 零 for months 1/2/10 and days 1–9, 10, 20, 30; leading 壹 for days 11–19
• English words for 15 currencies, each with its own subunit precision (yen and won have no decimals)
• Both common English cheque forms: `… and 56 cents only` and `… and 56/100`
• ⚠️ The amount is read from the decimal string you typed, never via floating point, so no cent is ever lost
• Detects amounts and dates automatically; you can also state which it is to resolve ambiguity
• Accepts thousands separators, currency symbols and full-width digits (`¥1,234.56`, `１２３４`)
• Negative amounts and amounts beyond the limit are rejected outright rather than producing a plausible-looking result
• Computed locally; nothing is uploaded

How to use

1. Enter an amount (1234.56) or a date (2026-09-27)
2. The Chinese capital form appears immediately; amounts also get the English wording
3. Pick the currency for the English part if you need one
4. For a voucher date, the tool detects it automatically — or set “Input is” to a date explicitly

FAQ

Why can the 零 in 壹仟零伍元 not be dropped?

Because without it the amount can be altered. 壹仟伍元整 becomes 壹仟伍佰元 by inserting a single character — a hundredfold increase. With the 零 in place, changing the number means touching that character, which leaves a visible alteration. Nearly every rule about 零 in the Chinese capital form (one 零 for a run of zeros, a 零 between the yuan and the fen, no section unit for an empty section) exists for this one purpose, and they come from the central bank’s regulation on completing payment vouchers.

Why write 壹拾万 instead of just 拾万?

Because the regulation requires it: 拾万元 can be prefixed into 玖拾万元, whereas changing 壹拾万元 means altering the character already written. The same applies to November, written 壹拾壹月 rather than 拾壹月. This runs against everyday speech (people say 十万), which is exactly why it is the easiest thing to omit — and this tool adds it for you.

What is the standard English cheque wording?

There is no single worldwide standard. At least these vary between banks: where `and` goes (British “one hundred and twenty-three”, often American “one hundred twenty-three”); whether to end with `only` (which exists to stop anything being appended); whether the cents are written as `cents` or as a fraction `56/100`; and whether the currency name is capitalised or all-caps. Both of the most common forms are listed here — follow your own bank rather than trusting a claim that one format is universally correct.

Why do yen and won have no decimal part?

Because neither currency uses a subunit in everyday circulation, so amounts are whole. Entering 1234.5 yen rounds to 1235, and the page says so — rather than producing “1234 yen 50 sen”, which nobody writes.