億 – hundred million, 10**8

15 strokesTaught in grade 4#716 in newspaper frequencyN4 vocabulary

The kanji 億 means hundred million, 10**8. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is オク (oku). It is written with 15 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	オク	oku

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: 音・化・心・日・立.

Words using 億

億おくhundred million

Example sentences

１０億人の人たちが英語を話しています。

One billion people speak English.

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Kanji with the same radical

会人今代体作以保信件側任使係価住

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