How to say 'Hundred million' in Japanese | 億

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The Japanese word for Hundred million is 'Oku', written as 億 in Japanese.'Hundred million' in hiragana is おく.

word

億

Meaning

Hundred million

Reading

おく

oku

Kanji

億Hundred million

Explanation

The Japanese noun '億 (おく)' represents the number 'hundred million' (100,000,000). It is used in contexts involving large quantities, such as population, money, or other numerical data. For example: The population of Japan is over 100 million「日本の人口は1億人以上です」(にほんのじんこうはいちおくにんいじょうです). The company made a profit of 500 million yen「その会社は5億円の利益を上げました」(そのかいしゃはごおくえんのりえきをあげました). This term is essential in financial, statistical, and demographic discussions.

Part Of Speech

noun

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Kanji Grade

Frequency

891

Composition

kanji

Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 億

This word contains 1 kanji character:

kanji

億

Meaning

Hundred million

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