JLPT N4 · numeric

億 (oku)

億 (おく, oku) is a Japanese numeric meaning “hundred million; 100,000,000”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: おく
Romaji: oku
Word class: numeric
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8 · numeric

Example sentences

１０億人の人たちが英語を話しています。

One billion people speak English.

Tatoeba #236071

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 億

億

hundred million, 10**8オク · 15 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1182620 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.