億 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

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Origin of the character

形声。「人」+音符「意」。「やすんずる」を意味する漢語{億}を表す字。のち仮借して数の単位を表す漢語{億}に用いる。

Character meanings and origins come from the Japanese Wiktionary.

Meaning

hundred million, 10**8

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • オクElem.
Nanori (used in names)
Other languages
  • 拼音yi4
  • 한글eog
  • Hán-ViệtỨc

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
15 strokes
Radical
人(ひと)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 2
Unicode
U+5104

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰亻意

Words using this kanji

  • おく100,000,000 = 108 を表す数の単位。万の次で兆の前の位。但し小乗では100,000 = 105であり、古代の文献では106,107の事もあるため、文献解釈時に警戒を要する。hundred million, 100,000,000, 10^8
  • 億万おくまん数量が非常に多いこと。millions and millions
  • 億劫おっくう(手足や頭を働かせることが)煩わしくて(すぐにはやりたくなく)面倒。 1劫の1億倍。すなわち、極めて長い時間。troublesome, bothersome, tiresome, annoying
  • 億兆おくちょう大変に大きな数。億万。 多くの人々。the people, multitude, masses
  • 億り人おくりびとperson who has a fortune of at least one hundred million yen, millionaire
  • 億ションおくション価格が1億円以上の分譲マンション。apartment worth 100 million yen or more, luxury apartment
  • 億万長者おくまんちょうじゃ(口語)膨大な財産を持つ金持ちのこと。billionaire, multimillionaire, very rich person
  • 億劫がるおっくうがるto show unwillingness (to do), to be reluctant (to do), to look annoyed, to show signs of finding something bothersome

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

See all words containing this kanji(20 results)

Similar-looking kanji

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-2-13
Four Corner
2023.6
Spahn–Hadamitzky
2a13.6
Heisig
1058
Nelson
551