億

hundred million

JLPT N2 Grade 4 15 strokes

On'yomi: オク
Radical: 人 · person (human being)

億 means "hundred million". It is a JLPT N2 kanji written in 15 strokes. Its on'yomi (Sino-Japanese) reading is オク. Japanese schoolchildren learn it in grade 4.

億 in example sentences

トムは億おく万まん長者ちょうじゃだ。

Tomu wa oku man chouja da.

Tom is a billionaire.
空そらには何十なんじゅう億おくもの星ほしがある。

Sora ni wa nanjuu oku mo no hoshi ga aru.

There are billions of stars in the sky.
私わたしたちは億おく万まん長者ちょうじゃになりたい。

Watashitachi wa oku man chouja ni naritai.

We want to be billionaires.

Example sentences from the Tatoeba Project, licensed CC-BY 2.0 FR.

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Common questions

What does the kanji 億 mean?: 億 means "hundred million". It is a JLPT N2 kanji.
How many strokes does 億 have?: 億 is written in 15 strokes.
How is 億 read?: Its on'yomi (Sino-Japanese) reading is オク.
What JLPT level is 億?: 億 is a JLPT N2 kanji.

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