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億
hundred million · huge quantity
N2On: おく
Memory Aid
The right side of the kanji looks like a towering structure, symbolizing an incredibly vast quantity. When combined with the 'person' (人) radical on the left, it emphasizes a 'hundred million' individuals or units, reaching to an immense scale.
Vocabulary
一億いちおく100 million
数億すうおくseveral hundred million
億万長者おくまんちょうじゃbillionaire (very rich person)
億単位おくたんいin units of hundreds of millions
Example Sentences
世界人口は七十億人を超えました。
The world population has exceeded seven billion people.
このプロジェクトには一億ドルが必要です。
This project requires a hundred million dollars.
その会社は毎年、数億の利益を出しています。
That company generates several hundred million in profit every year.
宝くじで一億円が当たったと聞きました。
I heard that someone won 100 million yen in the lottery.