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Kanji Detail for 億 - "hundred million"

億

  • Meaning

    億 means "hundred million." Also associated with conjecture.

    1. Hundred million - A very large number.

    2. Conjecture - To guess; to suppose.

    3. Peace - Calm; tranquility.

  • Words using 億

    • 一億 いちおく Listen 100,000,000; one hundred million; 10^8
    • 十億 じゅうおく Listen 1,000,000,000; billion
    • １００億 ひゃくおく Listen 10,000,000,000; ten billion
    • 数億年 すうおくねん Listen several hundred million years

  • Four-character idioms with 億

    • 一億一心 いちおくいっしん Listen national unity (esp. during wartime)
    • 十万億土 じゅうまんおくど Listen eternity; paradise

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    • Verified meaning: hundred million
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read おく, はかる, はるか)
    • Also carries these associations: conjecture

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 億

    Given names 億(はるか)Listen

    Surnames 億(おく)Listen 億(はかる)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    hundred million; 10**8

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    hundred million; many

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    100 million

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    hundred million; many

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    A number name. In calculation, 億 has two methods: small and large. Small numbers use ten as the base: ten wan (萬) is 億, ten 億 is 兆. Large numbers use wan as the base: wan times wan, meaning wan-wan is 億. See (Book of Rites commentary). | To estimate. (Analects) "When he estimates, he often hits the mark." Like the colloquial "guessing correctly." | To settle. Such as 供億, meaning to supply, referring to supplying what is lacking to settle someone.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    oku(オク) オク

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    15 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    hundred million conjecture estimate large numerical ponder think calculation calm counting figures finance guess huge number population statistics vast

Sentences including 億

  • Tom is a billionaire.

  • The turnover was 500 million shares.

  • There are billions of stars in the sky.

  • We want to be billionaires.

  • The exports increased by 30 billion dollars.

  • It is said that he is a billionaire.

  • The loss will amount to one hundred million dollars.

  • The gross amount of the loss was larger than 100 million yen.

  • I wish I were a millionaire.

  • In fact, he's a billionaire.

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