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Kanji Detail for 億 - "hundred million, vast, abundant"
億
- Meaning
億 means "hundred million, vast, abundant."
Hundred million - A very large number.
Conjecture - To guess; to suppose.
Peace - Calm; tranquility.
- 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.
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