hundred million
On'yomi (音読み)
- オク
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
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About this kanji
The kanji 億 (oku) means "hundred million" and is primarily used as a noun. It is not typically used as a verb. You can see it in the compound 億円 (おくえん), which translates to "hundred million yen," referring to a significant amount of money. Another common compound is 億万 (おくばん), meaning "hundreds of millions," and you might also come across 千万 (せんまん), which means "ten million." When using 億, it’s important to remember that it denotes a very large quantity, so it’s mainly found in financial contexts or when discussing large numbers.
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Example sentences
彼は億万長者になった。
He became a billionaire.
Meanings across languages
- English
- hundred million
- Tiếng Việt
- trăm triệu
- 日本語
- おく
- 한국어
- 억
- 中文
- 一亿
- id
- seratus juta
- th
- หนึ่งร้อยล้าน
- es
- cien millones
- fr
- cent millions
- de
- hundert Millionen
- pt
- cem milhões
Common compounds
- 億円おくえんhundred million yen
- 億万おくばんhundreds of millions
- 千万せんまんten million
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