Japanese clothing and shoe sizes

Many international shoppers find it confusing when buying Japanese fashion online, as Japanese sizes differ from global sizes. But ZenMarket is here to help you! Our clothing size conversion chart will help you find out your Japanese clothes size. Please refer to the following information about size correspondence when buying apparel and shoes from Japanese brands. In some cases, Japanese S, M, L sizes may be smaller than European or USA S, M, L sizes.

Categories

Women's Clothes	Men's Clothes	Babies Wear	Children's Clothes	Jewelry

Women's Clothes (Japanese Sizes 1)

Please check the general size table for items, including women's clothes that shown in different Japanese sizing systems, as well as our handy size comparison tables for shoes and underwear.

Sizes	Height (cm.)	Bust (cm.)	Hips (cm.)
9AR	158	83	91
11AR	158	86	93
13AR	158	89	95
9YR	158	83	87
9ABR	158	83	95
9AP	150	83	89
9AT	166	83	93

Women's Clothes (Japanese Sizes 2)

Sizes	Bust (cm.)	Hips (cm.)	Waist (cm.)
S	72~80	82~90	58~64
M	79~87	87~95	64~70
L	86~94	92~100	69~77
LL	93~101	97~105	77~85
EL, 3L	100~108	102~110	85~93

Women's Clothes (Size Comparison)

Japan	USA（letter size)	USA (numeric size)	Europe	UK
7	XS	4	36	8
9	S	6	38	10
11	S	8	40	12
13	M	10	42	14
15	M	12	44	16
17	L	14	46	18
19	L	16	46	20
21	XL	18	48	22
23	XL	20	48	24

Women's Shoes (Size Comparison)

Japan	USA	Europe	UK
21.5	4½	3	33
22	5	3½	34
22.5	5½	4	35
23	6	4½	36
23.5	6½	5	37
24	7	5½	38
24.5	7½	6	39
25	8	6½	40
25.5	8½	7	41
26	9	7½	42

Women's Underwear (Bra Size Comparison)

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Bottom Band (cm.)	Bust (cm.)	Japan	USA	Europe	France
	77~79	A65	30A	65A	80A
63~67	79~81	B65	30B	65B	80B
63~67	81~83	C65	30C	65C	80C
63~67	83~85	D65	30D	65D	80D
63~67	85~87	E65	30E	65E	80E
68~72	82~84	A70	32A	70A	85A
68~72	84~86	B70	32B	70B	85B
68~72	86~88	C70	32C	70C	85C
68~72	88~90	D70	32D	70D	85D
68~72	90~92	E70	32DD	70DD	85DD
73~77	87~89	A75	34A	75A	90A
73~77	89~91	B75	34B	75B	90B
73~77	91~93	C75	34C	75C	90C
73~77	93~95	D75	34D	75D	90D
73~77	95~97	E75	34DD	75DD	90DD
78~82	92~94	A80	36A	80A	95A
78~82	94~96	B80	36B	80B	95B
78~82	96~98	C80	36C	80C	95C
78~82	98~100	D80	36D	80D	95D
78~82	100~102	E80	36DD	80DD	95DD
83~87	97~99	A85	38A	85A	100A
83~87	99~101	B85	38B	85B	100B
83~87	101~103	C85	38C	85C	100C
83~87	103~105	D85	38D	85D	100D
83~87	105~107	E85	38DD	85DD	100DD
88~92	102~104	A90	40A	90A	105A
88~92	104~106	B90	40B	90B	105B
88~92	106~108	C90	40C	90C	105C
88~92	108~110	D90	40D	90D	105D
88~92	110~112	E90	40DD	90DD	105DD

Women's Underwear (Panties Size Comparison)

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Hips (cm.)	Japan	Europe	USA	France	Italy
80~88	S	34	S	36	0~1
85~93	M	36	S/M	38	1~2
90~98	L	38	M	40	2~3

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Men's Clothes (Japanese Sizes)

Sizes	Bust (cm.)	Waist (cm.)	Height (cm.)
S	82~90	72~80	158~165
M	87~95	79~87	165~175
L	92~100	86~94	175~185

Men's Clothes (Size Comparison)

Japan	USA/UK	Italy	France
S	34	44	38
S	36	46	40
M	38	48	42
M	40	50	44
L	42	52	46
L	44	54	48

Men's Shirts (Size Comparison)

Japan/Europe	USA/UK
36	14
37	14½
38	15
39	15½
40	16
41	16½
42	17
43	17½

Men's Shoes (Size Comparison)

Japan	USA	Europe	UK
24.5	6½	39	6
25	7	40	6½
25.5	7½	41	7
26	8	42	7½
26.5	8½	43	8
27	9	44	8½
27.5	9½	45	9
28	10	46	9½
28.5	10½	47	10
29	11	48	10½

Men's Underwear (Size Comparison, Underpants)

Sizes	Waist (cm.)
S	68~76
M	76~84
L	84~94
LL	94~104

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Japanese Baby Wear Sizes

Sizes	Age (months)	Height (cm.)	Weight (kg.)	Head wear sizes (см.)	Socks sizes, shoes (см.)
50~70	0~6	60	5	46	8~11
70	6~12	70	9	46	9~12
80	12	80	11	48	11~13
90	24	90	13	50	12~14
95	36	95	14	52	13~15

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Children's Diaper Sizes

Children age	Newborn	3 months	6 months	12 months	18 months	24 months	36 months
Weight (kg.)	3	6	9	10	11	13	14
Height (cm.)	50	60	70	75	80	90	95
Wear size	50	60	70	75	80	90	95
Diapers size by weight	Baby 0~6	S 4~8	M 6~11	M 6~11	L 9~14	L 9~14	L 9~14

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Japanese Children's Clothing Sizes

Sizes	Age (years)	Height (cm.)	Bust (cm.)	Waist (cm.)	Head size (cm.)	Socks, shoes sizes (cm.)
100	3~4	95~100	49~55	46~52	52	14~16
110	5~6	105~115	53~59	48~54	54	17~18
120	7~8	115~125	57~63	50~56	-	19~20
130	9~10	125~135	561~67	52~58	56	21~22
140	11~12	135~145	64~72	54~60	-	22~24
150	13~14	145~155	70~78	56~64	58	-
160	-	155~165	76~84	58~66	-	-
170	-	165~175	82~90	-	-

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Jewelry Parameters (Gold Carat System)

Carat sign, 1/24	Carat, Japanese symbol 金	Gold content, %
К24	24金	99.9
К22	22金	91.7
К20	20金	83.3
К18	18金	75
К14	14金	58.3
К10	10金	41.7
К9	9金	37.5
К8	8金	33.3

Jewelry parameters (Platinum carat system)

Carat mark, 1/1000	Carat, Japanese symbol	Platinum content, %
PT1000	プラチナ1000	100
PT950	プラチナ950	95
PT900	プラチナ900	90
PT850	プラチナ850	85

Metal Content Alloy Percentage Chart

Color characteristics	Color, Japanese symbol	Precious metal content (for K18 - 585")	Mark
Yellow gold	イエローゴールド	gold - 75% silver - 15% bronze - 10%	YG
Pink gold	ピンクゴールド	gold - 75% silver - 10% bronze - 15%	PG
White gold	ホワイトゴールド	gold - 75% silver - 15% nickel (or palladium) - 10%	WG

Ring Size

Sizes, №	Ring diameter (mm.)	Finger circumference (mm.)
1	13.0	40.8
2	13.4	41.9
3	13.7	42.9
4	14.0	44.0
5	14.4	45.8
6	14.7	46.1
7	15.0	47.1
8	15.4	48.2
9	15.7	49.2
10	16.0	50.3
11	16.4	51.3
12	16.7	52.4
13	17.0	53.4
14	17.4	54.5
15	17.7	55.5
16	18.0	56.6
17	18.4	57.6
18	18.7	58.6
19	19.0	59.7
20	19.4	60.7
21	19.7	61.8
22	20.0	62.8
23	20.4	63.9
24	20.7	64.9
25	21.0	66.0
26	21.4	67.0
27	21.7	68.0
28	22.0	69.0

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